Vice-President Mike Pence has announced plans for a new, separate U.S. Space Force as sixth military service by 2020
Pence says it鈥檚 needed to ensure America鈥檚 dominance in space amid heightened completion and threats from China and Russia. He says that while space was once peaceful and uncontested, it is now crowded and adversarial.
罢辞诲补测鈥檚 report represents a critical step toward establishing as the 6th branch of our Armed Forces
鈥� Vice President Mike Pence (@VP)
1锔忊儯 Create US Space Command
2锔忊儯 Establish elite Space Operations Force
3锔忊儯 Create Space Development Agency
4锔忊儯 Stand up鈥�& scale up鈥擴S Space Force
President Donald Trump has called for a 鈥渟eparate but equal鈥� space force. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has endorsed plans to reorganize the military鈥檚 space warfighting forces and create a new command, but has previously opposed launching an expensive separate new service.
Any proposal to create a new service would require congressional action.
Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
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