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According to the Space and Missile Defense Command’s senior leader, air and missile defense, and Army space have never been more relevant than they are now.

Lt. Gen. Daniel Karbler, commander of SMDC and Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, spoke at a National Space Club-Huntsville Chapter breakfast Dec. 15 to provide an Army space update.

“The Army has unique missions that only we can do, and Army space has to be able to support those specific missions,” he said. “In the past two years I have never seen space more relevant and it is today. As space is still contested and congested, the Department of Defense has a big role in making sure we are able to operate in the space domain and that our American way of life is not affected or impacted by anything that our adversaries might do in that domain.”

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