Chris Stone

China and Russia are expanding their anti-satellite (ASAT) capabilities to advance their weapons systems for outer space. Recently, Russia launched a missile that destroyed one of its defunct satellites. Chris Stone, senior fellow for space studies in the Spacepower Advantage Research Center at the Mitchell Institute, said the Defense Department should do more to build […]

There is a debate about how much information about space capabilities should stay classified and how much the United States should reveal. Overclassification of space systems undermines the Pentagon’s ability to combat risks of mission failure during a crisis, according to Chris Stone, senior fellow for space studies at the Mitchell Institute’s Spacepower Advantage Research […]