Tag: china
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Democrats add heft to effort to keep Space Command in Colorado Springs
With U.S. Space Command in the balance, a lawmaker perennially voted as the most conservative member of Congress is turning left for help. U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn isn’t switching parties, but the decision in the final days of the Trump administration to move the command and its 1,400 troops to Alabama has been compounded by…
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Are faithful household recyclers in Colorado truly helping the planet? Maybe
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When you drop an empty milk jug, soda can, pickle jar or cardboard box into a recycling bin, will it make its way to a processing center and be reborn as carpeting, a beer bottle or a coat? Maybe. Or maybe not. There’s no tracking…
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Are faithful household recyclers in Colorado truly helping the planet? Maybe
When you drop an empty milk jug, soda can, pickle jar or cardboard box into a recycling bin, will it make its way to a processing center and be reborn as carpeting, a beer bottle or a coat? Maybe. Or maybe not. There’s no tracking method to determine whether an item marked for recycling is…
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Pentagon report outlines China’s new muscular military
A new report on China’s military from the Defense Intelligence Agency comes to a troubling conclusion: The People’s Liberation Army is gaining the characteristic technology and deployment ability to put them on par with Western nations. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has worked to model his military after Western powers, eschewing the Maoist strategies that left…
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Trump’s proposed new space force must fly over many hurdles
President Donald Trump may have ordered the Pentagon to clear the way for a new space force last week, but experts tell The Gazette the military is a long way from reaching that final frontier. Even if Congress, which has been resistant to similar proposals, signs off on creating the service, details as numerous as…
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Trump’s proposed new space force must fly over many hurdles
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Donald Trump may have ordered the Pentagon to clear the way for a new space force last week, but experts tell The Gazette the military is a long way from reaching that final frontier. Even if Congress, which has been resistant to similar proposals,…
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Space Force: A timeline of change
The relationship between Space Command and Colorado Springs dates back 36 years. Here’s a look at what came before President’s Donald’s Trump’s call for a new space force: July 26, 1947: President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act, creating the Department of the Air Force. Sept. 1, 1982: The Air Force activates Space…
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Space Force: A timeline of change
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The relationship between Space Command and Colorado Springs dates back 36 years. Here’s a look at what came before President’s Donald’s Trump’s call for a new space force: July 26, 1947: President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act, creating the Department of the…