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This is the President of the United

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States speaking . My voice is coming to

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you from a satellite circling in outer

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space . What if free people could live

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secure in the knowledge that we could

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intercept and destroy strategic

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ballistic missiles before they reached

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our own soil or that of our allies ?

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Today , space capabilities are

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essential and commonplace , but it's

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also a contested war fighting domain ,

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and the role of SMDC's first space

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brigade is to ensure our ability to use

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those capabilities while denying our

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adversary those same advantages . A

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Homeland missile defense shield , it's

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not a what if , it's the 100th missile

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defense brigade ground base midcourse

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defense . They've stood watch for over

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20 years around the clock defending our

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homeland against ICBM threats . What if

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can we questions asked and answered

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every day at our technical center ? Can

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we put a 50 kilowatt laser on an

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armored vehicle ? What if we

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synchronize smaller satellite antennas

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to do the work of one big one ? Can we

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repurpose old rocket parts and turn

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them into low cost targets for new IAMD

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systems ? Done . SMDC's Center of

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Excellence is where today's war

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fighters are made ready to fight

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tonight . It's where we define

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requirements , model and simulate ,

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build and integrate space , integrated

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air and missile defense , and high

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altitude capabilities of the future .

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We have lift off . More than just

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ambassadors of our nation's space

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program , our army astronaut attachment

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brings human-machine interface with

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space systems to a whole new level .

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This is SNBC , the high ground .