Author: Tom Roeder
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Analysis: Should Americans fear China, Russia rattling new sabers? | Tom Roeder
The Chinese tested something new this month, and they aren’t saying much about what it was. Rocketed skyward atop a Long March missile, the device was described by some media outlets as a hypersonic weapon. The government of China said it was a science experiment, not a weapon. “As we understand, this was a routine…
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Colorado Springs police sent to crash find man with fatal gunshot wound
Colorado Springs police say officers found a man killed by a gunshot wound as they responded to a traffic crash off Boulder Street east of Memorial Hospital Saturday night. Just before 8:30 p.m., police were called to a wreck at Boulder Street and Bonfoy Avenue in the Knob Hill neighborhood where they found a man…
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Police: 3 carjackers pull woman, baby from car in Colorado springs, steal it
A woman was stopped in her car on Gahart Drive early Saturday with her baby inside when a trio of carjackers pulled them from the vehicle, assaulted the woman and sped away in the car, Colorado Springs police said. The incident took place just before 2 a.m. Saturday west of the intersection of Airport Road…
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Effort to stop move of U.S. Space Command to Alabama gains allies, steam
Tennessee’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper hosted many visitors from Alabama to his Washington, D.C., office last fall and winter. It seems the state’s top lawmakers had been told by the Pentagon that they were falling well behind in the race to house U.S. Space Command and wanted help. Cooper, whose district is just a…
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Analysis: Pentagon looks to Colorado Springs to address climate change | Tom Roeder
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The Pentagon this month released a report on problems caused by climate change that echoed a few dozen other Pentagon reports that have emerged over the past 20 years. The only big change was one of the Defense Department’s solutions for a world changed by weather: Lean heavily on U.S. Northern Command in Colorado Springs.…
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Lawmakers lean on Air Force boss to stop U.S. Space Command move
Colorado lawmakers led by Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet launched a letter to new Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall Thursday urging him to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs while investigating political influences that prompted the Trump administration to order its move to Alabama. The letter, also signed by Colorado Springs Republican U.S. Rep.…
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Analysis: Budget cuts could help make Colorado Springs’ case for Space Command | Tom Roeder
It didn’t happen in 2021, but Congress seems to be edging closer to cutting the Pentagon’s roughly $2 billion daily budget. Signs have pointed to upcoming budget cuts for more than a year as Congress looks for ways to dam a river of red ink that has accompanied spending measures. This time, the Pentagon dodged…
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Air Force Academy fundraising arm announces neutrality in conference decision
As the Air Force Academy mulls whether to jump to the American Athletic Conference, the school’s fundraising arm issued a loud statement of neutrality Wednesday. The Air Force Academy Foundation, which solicits donations for the school and its athletic programs, issued the neutrality statement amid criticism from some donors who want the Falcons to remain…
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Analysis: Let Space Force have its Star Trek uniforms | Tom Roeder
I’ll confess to a giggle when I saw the Space Force’s proposed dress uniform. With a diagonal row of platinum buttons and a Nehru collar on the jacket that covers a conventional Air Force shirt and tie, it just seems a bit like a second-hand coat rejected by the producers of a Star Wars movie.…
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Space Force abolished? House bill would do just that
A group of House Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday to abolish the nation’s newest armed service, eliminating the Space Force and giving the Air Force its responsibilities. Backed by five members of the House Progressive Caucus, which is composed of Democrats on the party’s left wing, the “No Militarization of Space Act” was introduced as…