Friday, 10 August 2018

VP Mike Pence unveils detailed plans for Space Force


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…

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https://ift.tt/2vW5xO7 Rachel Kaser August 09, 2018 at 09:01PM

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