Trump announces he's directing Pentagon to create space force as 6th branch of the military

[ThunderKiss1965]

Defense is a mandated function of the federal government. Health care is not.

Defense from who? Crazed gun wielding loons? White collar criminals shielded by money and limited liability? Industrial pollution? Economic exploitation in the workplace and marketplace? Or only fereners? Defense from Russian election cyber warfare?

China is starting to ramp up its space exploration.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

High velocity kinetic rail guns in space.
To take out enemy satalites disabling communications of the enemy.
Ability to take out targets from orbit.

I would rather see America as the leader in this technology.
Or has China and Russia promised to never arm spacecraft?

Rods from God. Pretty much a telephone pole sized, tungsten kinetic bomb which will hit its target at around mach 10.

 

[basquebromance]

had to explain to some non-politics friends that the space force memo, when you actually look at it, doesn't do jack shit. you can't just create a whole new agency (or merge/destroy one). its near-impossible to do it in washington, let alone when you're a pariah president.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

had to explain to some non-politics friends that the space force memo, when you actually look at it, doesn't do jack shit. you can't just create a whole new agency (or merge/destroy one). its near-impossible to do it in washington, let alone when you're a pariah president.

Still battling that manic-depression problem I see!

 

[skews13]

The Associated Press on Twitter

I never want to hear someone say “Yes, I’d be great if we could give everyone health care, but HOW are we gonna pay for it?” now that President Starship Troopers just made “Space Force” a thing

News flash. He doesn’t have the Constitutional authority to. Only Congress can.