Russia and China “have developed and demonstrated the ability to conduct war fighting in space.”…

The chief of the US Space Force has warned that China is putting military capabilities into space at a “mind-boggling” pace, significantly increasing the risk of warfare in orbit.

“The number of different categories of space weapons that [China has] created and … the speed with which they’re doing it is very threatening,” said General Chance Saltzman, head of space operations at the US military’s recently created force tasked with protecting American interests in space.

  • Flying Squid
    9•19 days ago

    Yes. In this case the change was because Donald Trump needed something to brag about.

    • @Plastic_Ramses
      9•19 days ago

      You’re not entirely wrong.

      However, it is 100% prudent to put military power into space as many other nations are doing the same.

      Just because you dont like the words “space force” doesn’t make it a bad move.

      • Flying Squid
        1•19 days ago

        I didn’t say it was a bad move to do it. I said we did it just fine when it was part of the Air Force.

        We don’t need a Space Force.

          • Flying Squid
            -4•19 days ago

            Except we do because the Army Air Corps was getting too big and out-of-hand.

            That was not the case with the Air Force’s military space activities.

            • @Plastic_Ramses
              -1•19 days ago

              Oh, i didn’t know i was talking to someone who was privy to all levels of missions regarding the United States’ interest in securing outer space.

              Thank you for your service. 😂😂

              • Flying Squid
                2•18 days ago

                You seem to think you’re in the know. Why was the Space Force suddenly necessary when Trump became president?

                • @Plastic_Ramses
                  2•18 days ago

                  Well, just off the top of my head, I imagine there were many, many redundant departments specializing in satelite operations and maintenance spread across the army, navy, and air force that were consolidated.

                  Id also imagine that obtaining a production grant is quite a bit easier as there would be only one branch fighting for these things instead of three.

                  There is also the matter of focus, meaning that now there is a person directly responsible for all activities in sapce, foreign and domestic, that would be briefing the president as opposed to sidenotes in a meeting.

                  If you just stopped to think for just the 30 seconds it took me to write this comment, you too may be able to apply some logic to the situation.

                  You post funny memes.

                  Stay in your lane.

                  • Flying Squid
                    0•18 days ago

                    And yet that wasn’t a problem under 8 years of Obama? Why?

                    And what is your lane? Because it doesn’t sound like this is your area of expertise either. It sounds like you just think Space Force is cool.