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Originally posted by Phatdamage
During the Citizen Hearing on Disclosure last week, Senator Mike Gravel did a remarkable statement. The senator said literally: "We Have a Space Military Force, it is in Existence".
US Space Command: Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), created Sept. 1, 1982, is one of nine Air Force major commands, and is headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. AFSPC defends America through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) operations, vital force elements in projecting global reach and global power. AFSPC is a key factor in implementing the expeditionary aerospace force organizational structure. Air Force Space Command brings space to the warfighter by continuously improving the command's ability to provide and support combat forces -- assuring their access to space. In addition, the command's ICBM forces deter any adversary contemplating the use of weapons of mass destruction. AFSPC has four primary mission areas: Space forces support involves launching satellites and other high-value payloads into space using a variety of expendable launch vehicles and operating those satellites once in the medium of space. Space control ensures friendly use of space through the conduct of counterspace operations encompassing surveillance, negation and protection. Force enhancement provides weather, communications, intelligence, missile warning and navigation. Force application involves maintaining and operating a rapid response land-based ICBM force as part of the nation's strategic nuclear triad.
Originally posted by Maxatoria
With the x-37b and all those military spy satellites in orbit, theres a lot of American military hardware up there in use so its not hard to imagine that they have a military force basically up there - just its controlled from down here
Originally posted by lostbook
reply to post by TXRabbit
I too have heard of a Space Command that is run by the Navy not the Air Force.
Originally posted by lostbook
reply to post by TXRabbit
I too have heard of a Space Command that is run by the Navy not the Air Force. Take note that it works the same as in Star Trek: "Captain/ Admiral" Kirk, "Commander" Checkov, "Captain" Spock.
These are Naval titles of rank for a show about Space. I believe that the Navy does indeed run the Space fleet.