The US Space Command is currently under the wings of the Air Force U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III/Alamy
WAR in space is a hot topic in the US government. Last year, Congress considered and rejected a proposal to create a standalone “space force” to deal with threats in orbit, and in March, President Donald Trump brought it up again.
“Space is a war-fighting domain, just like the land, air and sea,” Trump said at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. “We should have a new force called the space force. It’s like the army and the navy, but for space,…
