There’s a New Cold War Brewing in Space
Trump’s “Space Force” has support in Congress as China and Russia try to catch up, but the Air Force says it has the planet covered.
Trump speaks during an event at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego on March 13.
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The commander-in-chief’s recent musings about forming a new military branch, a U.S. Space Force, revives a debate that began almost 20 years ago about whether the Pentagon’s space activities should be moved to a new command.
“Space is a war-fighting domain, just like the land, air and sea,” President Donald Trump said, standing before a Marine Corps F/A-18 fighter jet while addressing service members March 13 near San Diego. “We may even have a Space Force, develop another one. We have the Air Force, we’ll have the Space Force.”