USA Today:
WASHINGTON – The United States Space Force will soon have more company. On Saturday, on the day before Bastille Day celebrations in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a French space force command within the French air force – quite similar to President Donald Trump’s initiative.
Addressing a gathering of French military officers at a reception, Macron announced a new military doctrine to protect French satellites in orbit.
He added, according to Reuters, “To give substance to this doctrine and ensure the development and reinforcement of our space capabilities, a space command will be created next September in the air force.” Macron explained that the air and space forces will “then become the Air and Space Force.”
