Details about the administration's Missile Defense Review — the first compiled since 2010 — are expected to be released during President Donald Trump's visit Thursday to the Pentagon with top members of his administration. In many ways, it outlines the need for a new "Space Force" division of the U.S. military.

The new review concludes that in order to adequately protect America, the Pentagon must expand defense technologies in space and use those systems to more quickly detect, track and ultimately defeat incoming missiles.

Recognizing the potential concerns surrounding any perceived weaponization of space, the strategy pushes for studies. No testing is mandated, and no final decisions have been made.

Specifically, the U.S. is looking at putting a layer of sensors in space to more quickly detect enemy missiles when they are launched, according to a senior administration official, who briefed reporters Wednesday.