16 March 2018
Trump suggests creating a Space Force to fight in space
... like the land, air, and sea," said Trump. ”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 insinuated that although the idea was something of an off-hand...
20 June 2018
Trump officially calls for the creation of US “space force”
....” Following the announcement, many took to social media to point out that President Trump cannot actually create a space force and that a new branch of the military can only be established by an act of Congress. “The president told a US general...
20 February 2019
Trump signs directive to initiate his Space Force
... on the Secretary of Defence to develop a legislative proposal that paves the way forward for the creation of Trump’s Space Force. Initially touted to be its own independent department, the division will instead become a sixth branch of the US Air...
05 August 2019
Weaponised satellites to be part of new space force says France
... French news weekly Le Point, that its new space force will be equipping its satellites with cameras, machine ...a 700 million euros boost as part of the creation of the space force said Parly. This extra funding is a reallocation of monies already ...
February 2020
‘Witches brew’ of a subordinate space corps
... is the one from which I emerged 20 years ago. Similarly, when asked if the Marines had any space forces to contribute to the Space Force, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dunsford answered identically to the Army, and the Navy did...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
... and allied defence spending is expected to grow as a result of rising geopolitical tension and rivalry between space powers. The US Space Force budget grew nearly 40 percent to $24.5 billion in FY2023, while NATO recently set up a $1 billion Defense...
