Showing posts with label National Space Council. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Space Council. Show all posts

Sunday, March 10, 2019

'U.S. Space Force Has No Intention of Fighting Aliens'



 'U.S. Space Force Has No Intention of Fighting Aliens'

     Late last week, military news site Task & Purpose confirmed a disturbing fact: the newly created U.S. Space Force has no intention of fighting aliens. Despite the recent uptick of military UFO sightings, the Pentagon appears
By Kyle Mizokami
foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com
3-6-19
uninterested (at least officially) in the possibility of hostile aliens. But if an alien invasion does take place, which arm of the Pentagon would respond? The answer: probably all of them.

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Trump Wants a 'Space Force,' But America Already Has One

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rump Wants a 'Space Force,' But America Already Has One

      In a meeting of the National Space Council yesterday (June 18), President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to get cracking on building a sixth branch of the U.S. military called the Space Force.
By Brandon Specktor
Live Science
6-20-18

This ambitious project, which Trump has been teasing for several months now, would result in the first new branch being added to the U.S. military since the Air Force was created in 1947. But what exactly will this Space Force do? Who will pay for it, when will it launch and — most important — will it involve lightsabers?

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The trouble is, the U.S. military already has an agency ....

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In 1982, the Air Force formed a new agency called The Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). According to the AFSPC's website, the command's mission is "to provide resilient and affordable space and cyberspace capabilities for the Joint Force and the Nation."

Trump Calls on Pentagon to Create Military Space Force

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Trump Calls on Pentagon to Create Military Space Force

"We are going to have the Space Force."

     President Trump today announced that he is directing the Department of Defense to create a sixth branch of the military: the Space Force.
By Jay Bennett
Popular Mechanics
6-18-18

"I am hereby directing the Department of Defense and Pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed forces," Trump said during a meeting of the National Space Council in Washington D.C.