The military hopes to “assess, evaluate and prevent unauthorized use of DoD IP address space,” said a statement issued by the chief of the Pentagon’s Defense Digital Service.
Some critics worry steps taken in public, such as the military’s first all-female space operations crew, only serve to obscure larger systemic problems the Space Force has inherited from the branch of the military it grew out of, the U.S. Air Force.
The head of U.S. Space Force said a July 15 event involving a small space vehicle is "further evidence of Russia's continuing efforts to develop and test space-based systems."