President Trump declared that he will move to make a new branch of the military focused solely on space, CNBC reports.
Said Trump: “I am hereby directing the Department of Defense and Pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a space force as the sixth branch of the armed forces.”
He added: “Our destiny beyond the Earth is not only a matter of national identity but a matter of national security.”
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