US president approves funding for America’s first new military service in 70 yearsDonald Trump has launched space force, the first new US military service in more than 70 years. When he publicly directed the Pentagon in June 2018 to begin working toward a space force, Trump spoke of the military space mission as part of a broader vision of achieving US dominance in space. Trump got his Space Force, which many Democrats opposed, but it is not in the “separate but equal” design he wanted. The space force is the first new military service since the air force was spun off from the army in 1947. The division of responsibilities and assets between space force and space command has not been fully worked out.

Source: The Guardian December 21, 2019 09:57 UTC