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by thatguy0900 1658 days ago
Does the space force need to justify its existence? Seems obviously justified to me, anything in space will be one of the first targets in any near peer conflicts and every state with the capability is working on and even openly testing space capable weapons.
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dylan604 1658 days ago
Is there anything from the ground that can be done by Space Force to protect assets in space from direct attack from projectile weapons? Is there anything Space Force can to from space to protect them? No? Then what have they actually done except get new uniforms and patches?
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Mountain_Skies 1658 days ago
Unified space command into a single branch. Also gives a way for Congress to appropriate funds to the USSF with the Department of the Air Force and not deal with the USAF wanting to repurpose the funds for aircraft, which apparently has been a problem for quite a while. Space is its own unique domain and should be treated as such.
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Eelongate 1658 days ago
The USAF have a love affair with fast jets (who can blame them?) but I have a feeling that using manned aircraft as the first stage of missiles is an anachronism that won't survive the next major war.
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thatguy0900 1658 days ago
I mean those are the problems that are being worked on, I presume. Seems a little tautological to say we currently have no space defense/offense capabilities so it's senseless to invest in space defense/offense.
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dylan604 1658 days ago
I see your point, but at the same time, whether it is a branch of the Air Force or its own branch, it's the same situation. I'm willing to stipulate that I'm basing my opinion at the farcical manner in which it was created, and how can we take anything seriously like that especially after their uniform design so clearly ripped off of scifi.

Edit: sorry, I meant logo/emblem in place of uniform.

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post_from_work 1658 days ago
>>>how can we take anything seriously like that especially after their uniform design so clearly ripped off of scifi

We have all sorts of neat things because people with real jobs "ripped off sci-fi". Plus I'm glad to see a military uniform that breaks with such conservative conventions, and if you are gonna steal style cues from sci-fi, TMP-era Star Trek & nBSG are some of the best to copy.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/tech-leaders-share-how-...

We're still waiting on our Starship Troopers power armor though:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/vikrammittal/2020/08/17/militar...

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thatguy0900 1658 days ago
well, we can agree on the emblem lol
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