U.S. ATLAS V Rocket RUSSIAN Engines:

I'm wondering if there may be any connection between Trump's announced new SPACE FORCE and their recent issues with buying Russian made RD-180 rocket engines.

US ATLAS V launch rockets have depended on their first stage fitted with the Russian NPO Energomash made engines since 2000.

Who knew that US abandoned their own design rocket in 2008 'cos it wouldn't perform?

US Congress has been wobbling about buying these cheap option Ruskies for years while Corporate Lobbyists have been paying big dollars to have American future designs adopted ... meanwhile - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin may have spiked all the US guns by announcing that they wouldn't supply them any more anyway - because the Pentagon was using them for military purposes.

US Military Atlas V Launch.

Sooo - Boycotts - Bans & Bollocks ..

- Will Trump's Great American Space Force rely on Russian launch rockets to get up there and shoot any red-painted satellites out of the sky? - Who's got shares in ENERGOMASH?

Do we live in corrupt times? - Do you speak Russian? ... Do you speak American?

Marty K.