Mike Pence Unveils Plans To Build U.S. Space Force

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announces the Trump Administration's plan to create the U.S. Space Force by 2020 during a speech at the Pentagon August 9, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia./AFP

United States Vice-President Mike Pence on Thursday revealed plans to build a U.S. Space Force that would become the sixth branch of the country’s massive military.

Pence said the time had come to prepare America for “the next battlefield.”

President Donald Trump had ordered the creation of Space Force in June.

He argued that the Pentagon needed it to tackle vulnerabilities in space and assert US dominance in orbit.

But the creation is not a done deal, as it needs to be approved by Congress.

“The time has come to write the next great chapter in the history of our armed forces, to prepare for the next battlefield where America’s best and bravest will be called to deter and defeat a new generation of threats to our people, to our nation,” Pence told an audience at the Pentagon.

“The time has come to establish the United States Space Force.”





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