re: Air Force: Must secure space to protect the nation from attack
This is revealing with the opening of the new Star Wars movie that contains a plot of aliens planning an attack upon Earth. Clearly this is fear mongering at it's best propped up by Hollywood.
No earth involved, remember the galaxy far far away stuff. And I don't think they are worried about aliens from outer space attacking the US, there's really no way to defend against that. Its the communication infrastucture that is most vulnerable to attack in space.
-Steve G.