Summary Trump plans to create Space National Guard & build an "Iron Dome" The Space Force split from the US Air Force in 2019 Pentagon opposes a new Space National Guard, favoring transfers It's election campaign season in the United States, and now Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump has said he would create a Space National Guard if elected and would "build an Iron Dome" around it. The 2024 elections are not the only race happening now—the United States has found itself in the middle of a new arms and space race with China. The Space Force was established to protect American assets in space from threats from China and Russia (meanwhile, the US Air Force no longer feels safe operating in its airbases due to Chinese threats).
Trump says he would Space National Guard and "Iron Dome" Former President Donald Trump stated at the National Guard Association of the United States conference in Detroit that he would establish a Space National Guard. He said , “ The time has come to create a Space National Guard as the primary combat reserve of the U.S.
Space Force. So, as president, I will sign historic legislation creating a space National Guard. ” The Space National Guard is the proposed National Guard of the United States Space Force.
In 2019, then-President Trump split the Space Force from the United States Air Force. Trump has called the creation of a Space National Guard a critical step in ensuring that the United States continues to develop its space-base.