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Corbulo2526 OP t1_iy6zcgg wrote

Reply to comment by bunkkin in Space Force orders three GPS satellites for $744 million by Corbulo2526

Which objectively makes it 10 times cooler than things that don't have the word space in it.

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Alternative_Gold_993 t1_iy70vb1 wrote

Near every country has an Air Force. Only one has something called Space Force (to my knowledge), and it just sounds like a joke. It was never meant to be taken seriously from it's inception because it was born out of the "America First" low IQ caveman mindset. I mean hell, Steve Carell even did a comedy series based on it.

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Corbulo2526 OP t1_iy71cbi wrote

>Only one has something called Space Force (to my knowledge), and it just sounds like a joke.

The Russian Space Forces and Chinese People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force both exist.

>It was never meant to be taken seriously from it's inception because it was born out of the "America First" low IQ caveman mindset.

I'm it was a proposal between a Democrat and Republican in Congress. Hardly "low IQ caveman mindset."

https://cooper.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-jim-cooper-statement-on-space-force

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Alternative_Gold_993 t1_iy737w7 wrote

Ok, do they also call their personnel or "space professionals" 'Guardians'? I guess all three countries have their definitions of nationalistic propaganda, so I wouldn't put it past them to have something similar. It being cooked up between a bi-partisan proposal doesn't make it not sound silly, either. Just my opinion, so who cares, I guess.

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DrestinBlack t1_iy7cwcv wrote

I can practically guarantee you hate that name for a different reason.

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