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Space Force's first targeting squadron brought to life

The U.S. Space Force's first targeting squadron, the 75th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron, was activated during a ceremony Aug. 11, 2023, at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.
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US Space Force creates 1st unit dedicated to targeting adversary satellites

"We are changing the way targeting is done across the joint community when it comes to space and electromagnetic warfare."
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WASHINGTON — With directed-energy research now coming to fruition, the Missile Defense Agency is putting “increased emphasis” on development of directed-energy weapons for shooting down adversary missiles, according to a senior MDA official.

“I think part of [why] the Missile Defense Agency in the past few years kind of backed away was that technology needed still needed to mature. It needed to mature in power levels that could be delivered on target, and needed to mature and reduction of the size, weight and power requirements to produce the directed-energy effects,” explained Laura DeSimone, MDA executive director, in an online interview with Defense News today.

The Defense Department has run hot and cold on lasers and high-powered microwaves for missile defense since the dawn of Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative 40 years ago. In recent years, there was a burst of interest driven by Congress in 2015 that subsequently died down, only to be re-ignited during the Trump administration by then-Pentagon director of research and engineering Mike Griffin. The problem has simply been that the technology hasn’t been ready for prime time.


However in recent months, the agency has seen “that technology maturation is happening,” DeSimone said, including at the US national laboratories, the Department of Energy and within industry.
 
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