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Space Command Warns of Growing Counterspace Threats; Golden Dome, Sensors and Spectrum Access Urged
Summary
US Space Command warned the Senate subcommittee that China and Russia are fielding counterspace capabilities that threaten U.S. space assets, and that a layered homeland missile‑defense architecture ('Golden Dome') and stable spectrum access are essential to operations.
General John W. Whiting (testimony identified as General Whiting in the hearing), commander of U.S. Space Command, told the Strategic Forces Subcommittee that "to secure peace, we must be well prepared for conflict in space," and described rapid growth of counterspace threats from China and Russia.
Why it matters: senators and witnesses stressed that space‑based sensors, resilient architectures, allied cooperation and uninterrupted access to critical electromagnetic spectrum are prerequisites for missile detection, tracking and command‑and‑control. Committee members linked those requirements directly to the presidential directive to develop a Golden Dome homeland missile‑defense architecture.
Threats and posture: Whiting said China is fielding…
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