On Thursday, President Trump’s Space Force took a big step towards becoming more than just a fancy buzz word. Vice President Mike Pence said in a speech at the Pentagon that to meet new threats, “the time has come to establish the United States Space Force.”

Despite the cartoon-sounding name, the U.S. does have military interests in space, namely making sure that key equipment isn’t blown to bits by Chinese missiles like the one tested in 2007 that took out a satellite.

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