On April 17, Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations of the Space Force, released his third major statement on Competitive Endurance — a strategic framework designed to guide the U.S. Space Force in achieving space superiority. Titled Space Warfighting: A Framework for Planners, this new document builds upon Gen. Saltzman’s 2023 keynote and his 2024 white paper, cementing Competitive Endurance as a foundational theory for U.S. military space power.

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Brian Chow (Ph.D. in physics, MBA with distinction, Ph.D. in finance) is an independent policy analyst with more than 180 publications.