President Trump directs Defense Department to 'immediately begin the process' of establishing 'space force' as sixth military branch
The White House, Air Force and Defense Secretary James Mattis had disapproved of creating a sixth branch of the military last year.
Donald Trump orders Pentagon to set up 'Space Force' within US military
President has repeatedly floated the idea of a space force as he pushes to redouble America's extraterrestrial efforts
Trump directs establishment of U.S. force to dominate space
President Donald Trump on Monday said he was clearing the way for the United States to exercise extra-terrestrial dominance by establishing a new, sixth branch of the military that he dubbed a "space force."
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Trump orders establishment of 'space force' as 6th branch of military
Speaking at a meeting of the National Space Council, Trump ordered the Pentagon to immediately establish a national “space force” that would become the sixth branch of the armed forces.
Today Trump ordered the Pentagon to establish the 6th U.S. military branch, the U.S. Space Force.
Speaking at a meeting of the National Space Council, Trump ordered the Pentagon to immediately establish a national “space force” that would become the sixth branch of the armed forces.
“We are going to have a space force,” Trump said in Washington D.C. “An Air Force and a Space Force. Separate, but equal.”
This is not the first time that Trump has floated the idea of establishing a “space force.” The president mentioned the idea in May during a ceremony at the White House honoring the Army Black Knights college football team.
Trump did not go into details about what military role the so-called “space force” would carry out or who would command it, but he framed space as a national security issue, saying he does not want "China and Russia and other countries leading us."
The president said the United States will "be the leader by far" in space and is looking to revive the nation's flagging space program by returning the United States to the moon and soon reaching Mars.
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