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Space is central to the Golden Dome strategy, but the fight does not begin or end in orbit. The battlefield stretches across land, sea, air, and cyberspace, where U.S. systems are contested daily by adversaries who innovate quickly, exploit vulnerabilities, and adapt faster than legacy defenses can respond.To stay ahead, Golden Dome must also take root on the ground. Securing the terrestrial domain must be a mission requirement. Protecting the homeland, defending U.S. forces, and deterring tomorrow’s threats demands a multi-domain shield that is resilient, adaptive, and free from the limits of yesterday’s systems.

The successful modern technology enterprise depends on the frequent, low-risk flow of value to end users. Flow, in turn, depends directly on a deliberate approach to how that value traverses from developer to user, including the infrastructure, security, networks, data, application architecture, user experience, and team-to-team interactions that comprise delivery. “Continuous delivery” isn’t the sum of all these parts; instead, it describes the state of these elements seamlessly working together in concert to enable value. A network of interconnected value that links the necessary handoffs between teams and systems is, ironically, a tight analogy for modern logistics and supply chains.

The ongoing conflicts between Ukraine and Russia and Israel and Iran have demonstrated that the future of warfare will demand advanced missile defense systems. The growing inevitability—and potential impacts—of orbitally enabled attacks both in primary conflicts and resource wars underscores the need for national defense and security infrastructure in space.