The Biden administration has not set out this aim but I think space command space force and its supporters are really leaning into this idea that the US needs much more capability. The thing that really triggered US concerns was back in 2007 when the Chinese launched an anti-satellite test that did explode a decaying Chinese satellite. What the US is worried about is when they do these war games that involve global scenarios over Taiwan it tends to very quickly escalate to space.
The US Space Force, established in 2019, is the first new branch of the military to be created since 1947, and its mission is vast: defend US interests in space. But what exactly is the Space Force? And what does defending US interests in space mean or look like practically?
As the nearly $900 billion defense spending bill winds its way through Congress, Wes went to the Pentagon to sit down with General David Thompson, the Vice Chief of Space Operations to learn what US interests in space are, and how the branch is developing. Bloomberg cybersecurity reporter Katrina Manson joins later to describe her visit to Space Command in Colorado and the importance of the US keeping a watch on its adversaries in zero gravity.
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