美国副总统迈克·彭斯(Mike Pence)阐述了创建美国太空部队(United States Space Force)的计划。这支部队将成为美国军队的第6支劲旅。
8月9日,副总统彭斯在五角大楼(Pentagon)表示,“如同以往我们创建空军时一样,创建太空部队的时机已经到来。”
美国的卫星对于全球航行和通讯具有重要作用,但日益受到威胁。对手可能利用新技术破坏这些系统,不仅影响美国,而且波及全球。
以彭斯为首的国家太空理事会(National Space Council)要求建设美国在太空的领先地位。彭斯说,“美国一如既往寻求太空和地球的和平。但历史证明只能通过实力争取和平。今后多年美国太空部队将成为外太空领域实力的体现。”
特朗普总统(President Trump)发表推文表示,“太空部队高歌猛进!”
2017年6月,在经历了24年的中断后,特朗普总统重新恢复了美国国家太空委员会,以推动美国在太空的领导地位,加强美国的经济,并提升美国人民的安全。
“太空的探索和发展代表了美国最好的价值观,我们力求确保这些价值观在地球之外具有永久性的位置。”—— 特朗普总统
Vice President Pence: Time for a U.S. Space Force
Vice President Pence outlined plans for the creation of a U.S. Space Force, a sixth branch of the U.S. military.
“Just as in the past — when we created the Air Force — establishing the Space Force is an idea whose time has come,” Pence said August 9 at the Pentagon.
U.S. satellites crucial to global navigation and communication are increasingly under threat. New technologies could allow adversaries to disrupt these systems — not just for the United States, but for the planet.
“America will always seek peace, in space as on the Earth. But history proves that peace only comes through strength. And in the realm of outer space, the United States Space Force will be that strength in the years ahead,” Pence said. He leads the National Space Council, which aims to build American leadership in space.
President Trump tweeted “Space Force all the way!”