US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the relocation of the US Space Command from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama. The move comes amid an anticipated shift in modern warfare, with space increasingly seen as a contested domain where superpowers like China and Russia pose growing risks to the world’s largest economy.
The facility oversees US operations in outer space and is currently located at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The announcement reverses a Biden-era decision to keep the facility at its temporary headquarters in Colorado.
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Trump’s much anticipated address from the Oval Office began at around 2:45 pm ET Tuesday (around 12:15 am Wednesday India time).
“You cannot win the battle of the future unless you control the skies… It was a visionary move in the first administration for the president to set up Space Force, and an equally visionary move to make sure Space Force is where it should be,” US Vice President JD Vance said.
Earlier, the then US President Joe Biden had opted to keep the facility at its temporary Colorado location despite a 2021 decision by the Trump 1.0 administration.
Colorado has historically leaned Democratic, while Alabama has been a Republican stronghold.
