“The Space Force needs to program and plan for the fact that we will have attrition,” Gagnon said Oct. 22 at the AFCEA Space Industry Days conference in Los Angeles. “We need to plan and budget for the fact that we will have attrition.” Operational units don’t have enough equipment for sustained warfare, he said. “You need three times the amount of equipment to do your job when you start planning for attrition.” ... Gagnon compared the older Counter Communications System to a musket and Meadowlands to a Gatling gun, saying the upgrade had been “tremendously effective for operations in Central Command.” ... “Mass is important because it allows you to take losses and still be combat effective,” he said. That represents a different way of thinking about a military service whose space systems have historically been expensive, scarce and expected to remain in service for decades. https://spacenews.com/space-force-looks-to-build-depth-into-its-satellite-jamming-arsenal/