Troy Meink: “China and Russia continue to challenge our nation's…”

“And a lot of that has to do with fusing multiple phenomenologies together. And it's never been more important really almost since the beginning of the NRO than it is important today. As you mentioned, China and Russia continue to challenge our nation's advantage. Each has developed and deployed counter space capabilities that are designed to place US satellites and ground capabilities at risk. This includes on orbit weapon systems, but also ground based weapon systems, cyber, other things, which to be honest, in many cases are more of a challenge.” (08:40–08:53)

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