Air Force Special Operations Command is looking forward to acquiring exotic weapons, Lt. Gen. Michael Wooley told defense reporters in Washington yesterday. He estimates that the next-generation gunship will not be equipped with big guns. “It would have directed energy lasers [and] lethal and non-lethal capabilities,” he said, adding that he’s pushing for it to be able to fly regardless of the weather and be capable of round-the-clock flight. “I want to go for a technological leap,” he explained, adding that the next-generation gunship may be more like a long-range strike aircraft or a bomber.
The stand-up of the Space Force, and now it’s early overhaul and the creation of a new Space Systems Command, is all about resilience: Ensuring that space capabilities, which not just the military but the whole country relies on, could survive a concerted attack by a near-peer adversary. As part…