Space Policy Directive 4 sets the foundation for a legislative initiative to establish a new force under the aegis of the Air Force, the branch currently responsible for space, comparable to the Marines under the US Navy. The Trump administration has said it plans to usher in the force by 2020. In an Oval Office signing ceremony on Tuesday, the president called the Space Force a national security priority. Proponents of the Space Force have said it would make the Pentagon more efficient. US Air Force chief General David Goldfein told the Brookings Institution think tank that the creation of the Space Force, the first new military branch since the Air Force was set up in 1947, was still a ways off and that "intricate details of how we move forward in establishing this service within the Department of the Air Force" were still being worked out.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 20, 2019 15:47 UTC