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Geospatial intelligence collection and analysis is extremely important, but before the USSF, this capability and mission was disjointed across multiple branches
by alephnerd 2y ago
Geospatial intelligence collection and analysis is extremely important, but before the USSF, this capability and mission was disjointed across multiple branches.
Furthermore, where should missiles lie? This distracts from the Army, Navy, and AF's core missions.
This is why ALL countries are constituting their own "Space Force" or "Rocket Force" - to manage missiles and geospatial intel gathering.
- mistrial9 2y agoone quarter of countries worldwide do not make or publish basic national statistics. Countries are political-economic entities and carry huge historical technical debt.. bombastic declarations about "all countries" are hallmark to shallow thinking
- michaelt 2y agoBack when nuclear weapons were relevant, every service wanted them. The air force wanted bombers and ground-based missiles. The navy wanted submarine-launched missiles. Even the army got in on it, with nuclear artillery. Why have we waited until missiles are fading from relevance, years after the end of the cold war, and only now decided they need their own branch?
- actionfromafar 2y agoNot to be snarky (ok, yes) - when did nuclear weapons become irrelevant exactly? Is it because of their irrelevance NK and Iran tries to get them?
- michaelt 2y agoAt the end of the cold war. In the present day, a launch is inconceivable. That's why we don't much care if the missile crews sitting around in underground bunkers are napping, playing xbox, wearing pyjamas, taking LSD and cheating on their proficiency exams. And the fact there won't be a launch is a great thing - No reasonable person would enjoy it if mutually assured destruction was to occur.
- alephnerd 2y agoMissiles are still relevant. Basically, most countries need a dedicated org to manage A2AD and Geospatial strategy - Missiles, Rockets, Satellites, you name it. Before the USSF the closest thing to this was a couple sub-departments within the USAF, US Army, and USN plus the NGA (which is just a supporting agency). This has been something on the books for decades now [0] [0] - https://www.comw.org/qdr/fulltext/1002QDR2010.pdf https://www.comw.org/qdr/fulltext/1002QDR2010.pdf
- klez 2y agoI suppose USAA is a typo, and since I'm trying to widen my knowledge on the subject, what did you mean instead?
- InitialLastName 2y agoI think you can be charitable and assume they meant US Army (which has the somewhat contextually ambiguous acronym "USA").
- alephnerd 2y agoUS Army, was too lazy to type and USA feels too on-the-nose