{"id":134076,"date":"2026-07-16T22:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2026\/07\/16\/space-increasingly-becoming-a-warfighting-domain-says-space-force-chief-nominee\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:24:09","slug":"space-increasingly-becoming-a-warfighting-domain-says-space-force-chief-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2026\/07\/16\/space-increasingly-becoming-a-warfighting-domain-says-space-force-chief-nominee\/","title":{"rendered":"Space increasingly becoming a warfighting domain, says Space Force chief nominee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ability to fight and maintain superiority in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/09\/17\/space-is-the-new-frontier-of-war-officials-say-in-change-of-tone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">space domain<\/a> is becoming increasingly essential to deterrence on Earth as adversaries continue to target space as a first in conflicts globally, say lawmakers and Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, the U.S. Space Force chief candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military conflicts, especially the war in Iran, have \u201ctested\u201d the Space Force substantially for the past five months, Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Sen. 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Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said in the hearing. \u201cChina and Russia have made clear that they see space as a critical warfighting domain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In particular, Schiess said that China\u2019s anti-satellite tests and electronic jamming capabilities are \u201cworrisome\u201d as they use their efforts to target American forces farther than in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[China] built a kill chain to be able to see our carrier strike groups, our bombers, at much farther pace, speed and distances, and they\u2019ve also developed missiles and weapon systems to go after that,\u201d Schiess said. \u201cSo the Space Force needs to be able to bring capability to deny, degrade that kill web to be able to protect the joint force.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked if the fight of the next major conflict would be in space, Schiess said it\u2019s a possibility. 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