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IDK. I find it hard to believe the USAF would relinquish it's control over its own nuclear missiles in Minot and Malmstrom to a new federal agency. Does Space Force have a presence at Minot and the USAF just hands over the guidance of the missile to SF once the missile is out of the silo? Now I can see SF might have control over tactical nukes but not strategic nukes. How did SF take over all the satellites the USAF launched throughout the last decades? That's a lot of programming to hand off to another agency and expect that new agency to "run with the ball" with no hiccups. Naw, I think this is hohum. Now what I can see is the US military doing something to the software and making the guidance systems not work with a few clicks of a keyboard.
The decision about who controls satellites and missile guidance lies with the Commander-in-Chief—the President. Under Trump, this was completely restructured, and Space Force was created to take charge of these operations. The Air Force no longer has a choice in the matter. It all happened under Trump’s leadership.
I did not know that. Wow, I'm sure there was a huge amount of reprogramming computers and moving essential personnel around. What a headache that would have been.