Leaders from the military community briefed Congress on April 6 that China and Russia were seeking to Usurp the United States’ strategic advantage by disrupting its space-based infrastructure. New, more resilient satellite systems, they said, were in the works. “Our adversaries are committed to disrupting our strategic advantage in space during crisis and in conflict,” said Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, commander of the Space Force Systems Command. “We cannot afford to wait. We must be prepared and we must act now.” Guetlein said that the Space Force and civilian partners were working to rapidly develop more resilient space architectures, including through the deployment of more numerous satellite clusters so that vital systems were not dependent on only a small number of hyper-critical satellites. The comments came amid a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, which sought to evaluate national security-related space programs. The subject is …