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Zorro

(16,521 posts)
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 09:21 AM Dec 29

Departing Air Force Secretary Will Leave Space Weaponry as a Legacy

Weapons in space. Fighter jets powered by artificial intelligence.

As the Biden administration comes to a close, one of its legacies will be kicking off the transformation of the nearly 80-year-old U.S. Air Force under the orchestration of its secretary, Frank Kendall.

When he leaves office in January — after more than five decades at the Defense Department and as a military contractor, including nearly four years as Air Force secretary — Mr. Kendall, 75, will have set the stage for a transition that is not only changing how the Air Force is organized but how global wars will be fought.

One of the biggest elements of this shift is the move by the United States to prepare for potential space conflict with Russia, China or some other nation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/us/politics/frank-kendall-air-force.html

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Departing Air Force Secretary Will Leave Space Weaponry as a Legacy (Original Post) Zorro Dec 29 OP
Gee, someone who also worked as a "military contractor"... Think. Again. Dec 29 #1
Does that include MTG's Jewish space lasers? keithbvadu2 Dec 29 #2
Archive link: Dennis Donovan Dec 29 #3

Think. Again.

(19,517 posts)
1. Gee, someone who also worked as a "military contractor"...
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 09:38 AM
Dec 29

... over-built our weapons supply?

What a coinkidink.

keithbvadu2

(40,655 posts)
2. Does that include MTG's Jewish space lasers?
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 10:18 AM
Dec 29

2 space aliens looking down on earth.
I see the dominant life form has developed space weapons.
Does this mean they are an emerging intelligence?
I don't think so. They have them aimed at themselves.

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