Where's that money coming from?The Department of Defense is reportedly planning to create a new Space Operations Force in upcoming months at the direction of President Trump, despite lacking congressional approval for the new military service branch.
Defense One reports that the Pentagon has laid out its plan to create the new Space Force in a 14-page report that will be given to lawmakers later this week.
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"The Department of Defense is establishing a Space Force to protect our economy through deterrence of malicious activities, ensure our space systems meet national security requirements and provide vital capabilities to joint and coalition forces across the spectrum of conflict,” the draft report reads, according to Defense One.
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The House Armed Services Committee last year attempted but failed to establish in the annual defense policy bill a separate space corps within the Air Force. Air Force leaders, Defense Secretary James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford all opposed it.
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Defense One also reports that defense officials are drafting a legislative plan for Congress to pass next year as part of Trump's 2020 budget proposal. The Pentagon will start working on the space force before official approval from lawmakers, however.
The Hill
Not that the Republican Congress wouldn't approve it, but the precedent being set is just another bad turn Americans will have to try to get back to the Constitution.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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