'Space Force': Trump announces new branch of US military
US President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the Pentagon to create a new US "space force," which he said would become the sixth branch of the American military.
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"I'm hereby directing the DOD (Department of Defence) and Pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a space force as the sixth branch of the armed forces," Trump said at the start of a meeting of the National Space Council.
"That's a big statement. We are going to have the Air Force, and we are going to have the space force, separate but equal."
