Author: Rachel Kaser / Source: The Next Web
US Vice President Mike Pence, speaking at the Pentagon today, revealed more details about a proposed new military branch, a “Space Force.” While we’ve known this was a project of the current administration, we’ve only today received details about how, exactly, it could actually be realized.
According to Pence, this militarized Space Force would be part of the Defense Department, and they intended to create it by 2020. Pence also said President Trump would request $8 billion to spend on the space security systems over the next five years.
Needless to say, this would require lots of new infrastructure for the Pentagon, and Pence was quick to say it wouldn’t be “built from scratch.” Here are the specific steps Pence says come next for the fledgling branch:
- The creation of the US Space Command, led by a four-star flag officer to establish unified command in space and to “develop the space warfighting doctrine, tactics, techniques, and procedures of the…
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