CANADA/MIKE PENCE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s plan to create a U.S. Space Force would require a multiyear reorganization of military operations, with potential spillover effects on existing partnerships that involve Canada. Canada is watching and evaluating whether NORAD — the joint Canada-U.S. command defending North American air space — or the terms of Canada’s cooperation with U.S. Strategic Command will need updating. Any changes to these structures could prompt debates within Canada about the weaponization of space, as occurred a decade ago over ballistic missile defense. Trump hopes to have the new military branch in place by 2020 and has said it’s not enough to have an American presence in space, but that the new goal is ‘dominance in space.’ Vice President Mike Pence, who is overseeing the effort, said in a speech that the administration plans to create a new Space Command, Space Operations Force, Space Development Agency and an assistant secretary of Defense for space.”
–Sean Kelly, “What Trump’s proposed Space Force means for Canada,” Politico, October 24, 2018 12:03 pm