Trump signed a decree on the creation of the US Space Forces

The Space Forces will be created in addition to the Space Command, which will take effect this spring.

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President Donald Trump signed on Tuesday an order to create a new type of US military - the Space Forces. A copy of the “Policy on Space Policy-4 (SPD-4)” was available “VOA»On the eve of the signing of the document by the president.

The document states that the Space Forces are established to "repel aggression and protect national interests" in space.

“Potential adversaries are now developing their space capabilities and are actively developing ways to counter... in the event of a crisis or conflict,” the authors of the strategy add.

The report, published by the Military Intelligence Agency last week, identified Russia and China as the main potential opponents of the United States. The agency claims that Moscow and Beijing are taking a number of measures to fight the US in space, including developing "armed satellites, energy weapons and observation networks."

Representatives of the Pentagon reported on Tuesday that the Space Forces are being established in addition to the Space Command, the creation of which was first reported in December last year. According to high-ranking military officials, the Space Forces will be engaged in the fulfillment of another task, namely, the organization, training and arming of military units supporting national security in space.

"It's very exciting," President Trump says as he signs a new directive to formally establish a new space-focused military branch that will begin as an extension of the US Air Force.

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Space Command will organize operations and direct the use of military force in space.

“We need both (structures). I don’t think one will harm the other,” said one administration official.

The decree signed today states that the Pentagon will present the Space Forces budget in the next 180 days. Proposals to change the functions of the Space Command will be made in the next 90 days.

Two Pentagon employees, in a conversation with a Voice of America correspondent, said that a bill to create the Space Forces will be submitted to Congress this coming Monday. The project contains a preliminary estimate of the annual budget of the new branch of the Armed Forces - about $73 million per year for the first five years.

From 1985 to 2002, the Space Command already existed in the USA, which was abolished after the 11 attacks of September 2001. After that, the Northern Command was established, focused on the task of protecting the country's territory.

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