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Ken Calvert: “China is probably going to militarize the moon, I have no…”

Featuring: Ken Calvert, Republican | U.S. House, California, District 41

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Hill & Valley Forum: Tom Mueller, Ken Calvert, Delian Asparouhov

Published | Video Starts at 18:30

But at some point, we've created, as you know, a space force, and that space force will be actively involved, I think, in going to the moon at some point, and that discussion is ongoing. Obviously, China is probably going to militarize the moon, I have no doubt. And so I suspect we will have a base on the moon also. And that's not out of the. And maybe by the end of this decade. (18:30–18:36)

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