. >> let's talk about another force, your latest briefing for csic is about the cost of the space force. what are the estimates on the space force? >> i went and looked at a bottom up estimate if you create a space force, what's it going to involve. the vast majority of the funding for a space force would be transferred out of accounts that are already existing today in the services budgets. most would come from the air force, since the air force does most of the space activities today, about 85% of the funding year to year, and so you would move all of that into a new budget, so that's neutral. it doesn't add overall to the budget. then you do have to add a new headquarters, staff on top of that for a new service, and create a new secretariat staff for a secretary of the space force. my system were depending on how large you scope this space force, the additional cost is going to be from $300 million to about $550 million per year. interestingly that's less than the cost of the audit. >> if you want to read more, how much will the space cost is the csis briefing, at csis.org. todd harr

i'm tom karako, a senior fellow here at csic, and i direct the missile defense project. for the next 90 minutes or so, we're going to have two kind of back to back events. actually, two and a half hours. i'll say real quick we're not going to have any problems, but just in case we have to exit the room for anything, look for me. i'll flag you down the stairs or to the back or something like that. just in case. so nothing we do at these events is without malice aforethought. and today i would say really a part of a series of events that we're doing on the missile defense enterprise. and i think the first thing -- the first rule about the missile defense enterprise is to recognize that it is, indeed, an enterprise. it's not just about the missile defense agency or the army or navy operations, but a whole lot of institutions that are sometimes overlooked. and our focus today is really from the joint perspective. and we're going to hear today from really five current and past directers of one of the very important institutions here, the joint inte grated air and missile defe

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