[tenpies]

The Space Force's first doctrinal cornerstone is literally "Preserve freedom of action" and one of their core competencies is space mobility and logistics.

It seems pretty obvious that they've identified the strategic importance of being able to reliably launch and move in space. Now does this mean picking up all the debris after all the Starlink satellites are hacked and turned into missiles by adversaries? Probably not. It's more likely to manifest as either exceptional detection capabilities (and there is an entire section to this in the Space Force), or some sort of shielding technology that brings the risk level to an acceptable tolerance.

In its current state it probably means a lot of people thinking about ways of dealing with Kessler syndrome in a variety of ways so that if it ever happens, there is a plan ready to go.

[sudosysgen]

Exceptional detection is not enough against Kessler syndrome. Shielding is a hope, but I wouldn't bank on it.

[pueblito]

I would more than bank on it.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29232/navys-advanced-a...

[sudosysgen]

That would be useless against non-conductive debris, which is most of it. The only protections are kinetic.