WATCH: Total missile defeat: Inside the U.S. Army’s role in space and missile defense

The U.S. Army is tasked with deterring and defending against myriad threats from adversaries whose technical prowess has advanced in the 21st Century, perhaps most eye-openingly in the realms of space and hypersonic missile capability. National Security Editor Guy Taylor sits down with Lt. General Sean Gainey — commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, and the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense — for a wide-ranging discussion on the Army’s role as a mission leader and integrator across these futuristic domains.

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