President Donald Trump is looking to make some of the biggest changes to our nation’s defense capabilities in (at least) 60 years—and he’s going to do it in space.After launching the Space Force as the 6th branch of the military in his first term and reestablishing Space Command, Trump is seeking to expand U.S. military capabilities in space to include hundreds (or even thousands) of satellites equipped with heat-seeking missiles that can be fired to destroy nuclear warheads directly in enemy nations.Meaning that instead of waiting until a missile from Russia, China, or North Korea is on its way to America, this constellation of satellites can rain down missiles directly on any nation on earth, destroying the nukes right then and there.This is truly the nuclear war in space that Ronald Reagan famously envisioned. Except that now, with advances in manufacturing, computing, and AI, it looks like it’s actually becoming a reality.
