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Montevideo, November 15th 2024 - 04:40 UTC

Tag: Space Command

  • Saturday, December 21st 2019 - 11:00 UTC

    It's official: US creates the sixth military branch, the Space Force

    The legislation creates the Department of Defense's sixth force, a coequal of the five existing forces - the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard.

    President Donald Trump signed legislation on Friday to create a full-fledged Pentagon force for combat in outer space - the first new military service in seven decades. Capping an ambitious order Trump issued in June 2018, the US Space Force officially came into being when Trump signed the annual military budget, the US$738 billion National Defense Authorization Act.