Star Wars: Pentagon Is Investing Big In Space-Based Defense Systems

‘The next frontier for the military is in space. Last week, the U.S. Department of Defense made it very clear it plans on establishing a stronger presence beyond Earth, with plans to build a military space plane that could be used for war and space robots that can repair satellites.
When DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar spoke last week at the Defense One Summit she said the agency is placing “big bets” on developing technology that will allow it to build a “completely new architecture for space.” The goal is for the Department of Defense to have more control beyond Earth’s atmosphere for both defense and data collection.’
Read more: Star Wars: Pentagon Is Investing Big In Space-Based Defense Systems