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Pence unveils plan to create Space Force by 2020
Vice President Mike Pence announced the Pentagon's detailed plan for President Donald Trump's vision of a Space Force on Thursday, which would establish the first military branch in over 70 years.
[...] Pence on Thursday stressed that the new branch would be built, in part, from pre-existing elements. "The Space Force will not be built from scratch," Pence said during a speech before members of the Pentagon. "This is a critical step toward's establishing the Space Force as the sixth branch of our armed forces."
Here are the four components to the Department of Defense establishing a Space Force:
First, DoD will establish a Space Development Agency to develop and field space capabilities at speed and scale. The Air Force has already begun to transform its Space and Missile Center (SMC). The Department will accelerate and extend this transformation to all services by creating a joint Space Development Agency.
Second, the Department will develop the Space Operations Force to support the Combatant Commands. These joint space warfighters will provide space expertise to combatant commanders and the Space Development Agency, and surge expertise in time of crisis to ensure that space capabilities are leveraged effectively in conflict.
Third, the Department will create the governance, services, and support functions of the Space Force. Many of these will require changes to U.S. law. The Department will build a legislative proposal for Congressional consideration as a part of the Fiscal Year 2020 budget cycle.
Fourth, the Department will create a U.S. Space Command, led by a four star general or flag officer, to lead the use of space assets in warfighting and accelerate integration of space capabilities into other warfighting forces. U.S. Space Command will be responsible for directing the employment of the Space Force.
Will Space Development Agency research trickle down to NASA?
Previously: The United States Space Corps Wants You...
Congressional Panel Puts Plans for a US Space Corps in 2018 Defense Budget
The Case for a U.S. Space Force
President Trump Orders the Creation of a United States Space Force
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 10 2018, @04:03AM (8 children)
Old [theguardian.com]story [disclose.tv]
Considering the propensity that governments have for announcing 'new' military projects which in reality have existed for years/decades in a black form, it would pain me to think that this [wikipedia.org] nutjob was even partially telling the truth about the material he allegedly gained access to.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday August 10 2018, @04:08AM (7 children)
The Space Force proposal is about moving functions currently performed by the Air Force into a new branch. So if the Air Force is operating stargates or space fleets, those can be put into the Space Force alongside the boring satellite stuff.
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(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 10 2018, @04:32AM (1 child)
Air Force? naah, that's just disinformation, it's the Navy who operate them buggers...
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 10 2018, @09:27AM
Informative? I was aiming for Funny..
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 10 2018, @10:05AM (4 children)
The Space Force proposal is about Trump trying to get his name in the history books.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Friday August 10 2018, @03:45PM (3 children)
Oh, he's done that already. They may even devote a full chapter, called, "This Can Never Be Allowed to Happen Again".
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(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 10 2018, @05:32PM
And that's the best-case-scenario chapter!
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday August 11 2018, @03:25AM
Very dumb & mean thing to say!
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(Score: 2) by Mykl on Monday August 13 2018, @03:57AM
That's what I said about GWB. Oh, how wrong I was!