PeterS

Putin promises to follow suite...

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/13/trump-floats-the-idea-of-creating-a-space-force-to-fight-wars-in-space.html

Trump introduces idea of 'Space Force' Trump introduces idea of 'Space Force'
6:33 PM ET Tue, 13 March 2018 | 01:44
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his new national security strategy recognizes that space is a theater of war, and he floated the idea of creating a Space Force, a branch of the military that would operate outside of earth's atmosphere.

"Space is a war-fighting domain, just like the land, air, and sea," Trump told a an audience of service members at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. "We may even have a Space Force, develop another one, Space Force. We have the Air Force, we'll have the Space Force."

The president described how he'd originally coined the term as a joke, while discussing U.S. government spending and private investment in space. "I said, 'maybe we need a new force, we'll call it the Space Force,' and I was not really serious. Then I said, 'what a great idea,' maybe we'll have to do that," Trump told the crowd of Marines.

"So think of that, Space Force," Trump continued, "because we are spending a lot and we have a lot of private money coming in, tremendous. You saw what happened the other day, and tremendous success. From the very beginning, many of our astronauts have been soldiers and air men, coast guard men and marines. And our service members will be vital to ensuring America continues to lead the way into the stars."

It was unclear whether the president was still joking by the time he finished his off script remarks about a Space Force. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

But Trump is not the only political leader in Washington who is mulling the idea of a Space Force. In June of 2017, a contingent of House lawmakers proposed dividing the Air Force into two separate branches, one dedicated to aviation and a second, new branch dedicated to space ventures.

Language to create a new military branch called the Space Corps did not make it into the final national defense authorization bill in November, but there were several new directives included in the legislation that could facilitate the Space Corps plan in the future.

Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., the biggest backer in Congress of a military space branch, said these directives represent progress. "This is just the first step," he said in a statement at the time. "We will not allow the United States national security space enterprise to continue to drift toward a space Pearl Harbor."

Loki Loc: Georgia

This is not such a far-fetched idea. In an era of very fluid and mobile warfare, communications are incredibly important. We need to be able to take out enemy sat comm links while protecting our own. Although I have not verified this I have heard that both the Russians and the Chinese are working on anti-satellite missiles designed to degrade and destroy enemy comm links. Lack of communication capability has changed history more than once.

phenry

You Democrats still in direct communication with Putin,seems you know what he is doing before he does.

Weasel Loc: In the Great State Of Indiana!!

President Reagan was the first one on the block with this. Remember his version of star wars?

snowbear37 Loc: MA.

Are you intimating that this is a BAD thing?? Think of the employment opportunities.

snowbear37 Loc: MA.

You can bet that they are.

goofball Loc: timbucktoo

Kinda cool! Go Donald! If I were younger I'd love to join that branch of the military! I'd stand outside of the space ship, and piss all over the world!
Starting with California!

Loki Loc: Georgia

Be my guest. I'll start with DC.

goofball Loc: timbucktoo

Awww, piss on all of them!

trucksterbud

You're about 10 years behind the curve Petey... Gary McKinnon, Scottish hacker emeritus (Mar. 2012) broke into NASA, Military and CIA databases. We ALREADY have a space fleet. About 40,000 personnel operating "Off-World"... About 40,000 checks go out to "Off-World Personnel" each month... Tell ya anything..??

And, supposedly, this has been going on since the late 1950's and has been running alongside the NASA fleet for at least 5 decades.

Ya, uhm, wanna run down the "Conspiracy Crowd" again...??? This is old hat to the conspiracy t***hers out there....

trucksterbud

No need to piss on California, they do enough of it themselves. And, you know, just in general ruin an otherwise nice place.

Thanks to Jerry Brown, Maxine Waters and Ms. Pelosi.

Hey, I wonder how come Pelosi / Mueller relationship never got reported..?? Was a thing for a while on the t***her sites..

goofball Loc: timbucktoo

Yer right there!

ldsuttonjr Loc: ShangriLa

peter: Speak the t***h....Trump is realizing that space is already weaponized. There is strong support Russia, China and maybe North Korea already have systems in space able to release mirvs at a moments notice!!!!