It’s no secret that the world needs antisat technologies, and we’re openly and directly demonstrating it already, but this mission is really different. For example, it’s highly cooperative, because the whole SWIFT team is on the line to maneuver and position their craft for optimal capture.

I think the most awesome aspect of this mission is the air-launch capability from an ordinary airplane in flight. And they did it without livestream from the Ronald Reagan Missile Test Range. This is truly S.D.I. tech in my lifetime. So many people mocked the President for promoting it…