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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — Ever since humans took to the skies in hot air balloons, aerial attack has been a viable wartime strategy. Airplanes became faster and reached higher and higher into the sky. With the advent of rockets and missiles during World War II, attacks could come from greater distances with more speed. In recent decades, the possibility of attacks from the other side of the world — missiles soaring through outer space — has become a real threat to the United States.
As these threats continue to evolve and advance, so do the capabilities to track and defend against them.
On the forefront of this military space domain is the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, an extensive force with personnel assigned in 11 time zones at 23 worldwide locations, connected by a commitment to defend the United States and its allies.
With this unified blend of globally dispatched service members and civilians, USASMDC/ARSTRAT is the model Army multicomponent force.
