The U.S. Space Force released names of space weapon systems to better link guardians with the force’s specific culture and identity, according to remarks published by the force.

At the 2025 Space Force Association’s Spacepower Conference, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said in a keynote address Thursday that the force will begin labeling mission areas to help elevate the identity of the force’s weapon systems.

“These symbols conjure the character of the systems, the importance of their mission, and the identity of the Guardians who employ them,” Saltzman said in his speech.

Saltzman went on, nothing that the Space Force is a “highly technical service” and the identity of it is rooted just as much in the systems employed as those who operate them.

Over the past year,

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