Gen. Stephen Whiting, the outgoing commander of U.S. Space Command, used his final speech at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Ala., to outline the capabilities he says the military needs to keep pace with China.

"We’re a combatant command and we fight to win wars," US Space Command chief Gen. Stephen Whiting told the annual Army SMD conference.

Gen. Whiting adds to previous calls for new tech in his final speech to the SMD Symposium.