You're listening to comedy Central. Space Force the latest branch of the Armed Forces that, after thirty years of planning, finally sprung into existence thanks to the support of our last military genius. We are going to have the Space Force. But after a rocky launch, most Americans still don't know what Space Force actually does. Until now. I'm here at the Pentagon to find out what Space Force, the six and coolest branch of the U. S Military does. I'm
talking spaceships, lasers. It's the military in space burning. Let's go check it out. Don't ask me how I got clearance. I'm not even an American citizen. Somehow I scored an interview with the very first head of Space Force, Force, Star General J Raymond, at the Geometry Theme headquarters of the US Department of Defense. Obviously a space military as cool as hell, but I wasn't sure what they actually do, so I made sure to prepare for this exclusive one
on one interview. John Raymond. Thank you so much for thanks Ny seeing you on this um. Why is it called the Pentagon? Have you ever seen the Pentagon shape? What you're seeing Pentagon is a shape like what pentagon. Take a look at the bully. You obviously studied hard in school. Okay, general Space Force, we're talking lasers, spaceships, rockets,
fighting aliens. Absolutely not. The mission of the Space Force is really to protect and defend the cape buldies that we have in space and to deter conflict from beginning in space or extending into space. What does Space Force do? Let me give you an example. We operate for the world free to charge the GPS constellation that provides you navigation and provides the world a timing signal for everybody use. Most people don't know that that's provided free a charge
by the United States Space Force. Space Force gives GPS for free to the world. Why don't you open with that, call theselves the GPS Force, because we do a lot more than that. Yeah, but you go with the thing that people know that we do a lot more than that communication salites. We have missile warning satellites that detect any kind of launch around the globe and provide warning of that. And so it's very critical to us, and our competitors or adversaries have have watched us and have
seen us integrate space into everything that we do well. Adversaries, specifically Russian China and their buildings space capabilities for their own use. So, for example, they have a satellite that they launched in two thousand seventeen. I call it a nesting doll satellite. It's a satellite that opens up in another satellite comes out and it opens up and a projectile comes out. Oh my god, designed to kill a satellite.
Do all these nations satellites adopt their countries cultures? Like there's a Chinese satellite come out in chopsticks come out and like pick on the other satellites. China has a satellite that has a robotic arm with chopsticks on, a robotic arm that can reach out and in the future grabbing on the satellite, and satellite don't like to be grabbed. What is the plan to stop that? I won't go into all the details of what we can do, but let's just say I'm very comfortable that we can protect
and defend ourselves. That's all in US as hell. I still wasn't sure why America's already bloated military needed a whole new military when we already have five other militaries. General, why did space force become its own branch of the military. The Air Force has a lot of responsibilities that it does. It's primarily focused on the air domain. And the thought was because space was so critical to us, um we had to stand up a separate service to be able
to focus on it. So atmosphere wise, where does the air force end and space force begin? There's really not a firm, you know, dedicated recognized clouds. But what we what what happens is above clouds Space force, below clouds Air force. You can think of above where airplanes work, wings work, and where orbit onnamics takes over roughly about a hundred kilometers, So above a hundred kilometers that's where
the space Force people are. No. In fact, our forces is on the ground, so they come in every day and sit behind a computer. Largely a lot of their work is done behind computers, in terminals operating capabilities, or on an optical telescopes looking out in space. So space Force is less starship troopers and more office space. But all these keyboard warriors even ready to protect us from
the real threat facing mankind. Have you considered maybe looking a little outwards and looking at the threats that are external that might be coming to Earth, For example, aliens that might be coming. So again, our mission is a little bit closer to home. NASA's mission is more exploratory and more science. And so they have gone out and I I get it, General Space Force, GPS, NASA, no ship, but we need some dudes who look as scary as you with guns pointing out woods in case aliens calm.
I'm not naive or or or closed minded to think that, uh, there might be something that that would be out there, but we're not focused on aliens. All right. Well, it just seems like it's a big hole in the national defense plan, and if no one's going to plug that hole, I just feel like maybe space forces step up and you know, maybe provide some orbital defense against aliens. Thanks for your advice, Okay, well, General, thank you for taking
the time to speak to me. Even though Space Force has nothing to do with flazers or aliens or spaceships, and I wish it was cooler. I do appreciate the need for a GPS system that works. Thank you for
the opportunity. I couldn't be more proud the guardians that I appreciate the opportunity to tell their story because most Americans don't understand what they do I agree, so, even though I'm still not show what it does, Space Force represents what the American government does best by new ways to give billions of dollars to the military industrial complex. But hey, if they're going to offer free GPS, then I say, live law and prosperous Space Force. The Daily
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