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article_snippet.sent: Unfortunately, as global threats increase and the need for assured space access accelerates, U.S. U.S. is faced with a troubling reality -- we are far too reliant on Russian technology to meet we national security obligations.
article_snippet.sent: The fact that we rely on Russia, currently under sanctions for invading a sovereign nation, should reinforce the need for a change in we current course.
article_snippet.sent: Assured access to space is an area where U.S. should not be reliant on nonsecure foreign supply chains, which are subject to disruption, threats, unfavorable contracts and undue leverage against the interests of U.S.
article_snippet.sent: The Ukraine crisis should have served as a wake-up call, highlighting the danger of dependence on Russia to launch national security satellites into space.
article_snippet.sent: And the United States should play no part in supporting the defense industry of a country that continues to abrogate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the United States neighbors.
article_snippet.sent: Simply put, it is bad policy to rely on others for critical national security requirements, and worse policy when this reliance supports countries taking action in direct contradiction to U.S. national security interests.
article_snippet.sent: It is high time the U.S. government turn to the U.S. government existing domestic capability and turn off this flow of funds.
article_snippet.sent: In the long term, next-generation development programs should not involve major Russian subsystems and components.
article_snippet.sent: This would be good for national security, good for American innovation and the industrial base -- and good for America's future.
highlights_snippet.sent: U.S. should not be reliant on nonsecure foreign supply chains, authors write .