A New Way To Transport Soldiers?

Speaking at an air power conference, David Goldfein said the military needed to 'jump on' industry plans when it came to innovative technology such as Virgin Galactic (file pic)

Daily Mail: SAS could one day travel through space to get to war zones in an hour, says US Air Force head

* Chief of Staff David Goldfein raised idea of elite troops using mothership
* Speaking at London conference, he said military needed innovative technology
* He referred to Sir Richard Branson's space travel company, Virgin Galactic

Special Forces troops could travel through space to get to war zones in future, the head of the American air force suggested yesterday.

Chief of Staff General David Goldfein raised the prospect of elite troops travelling on a mothership to anywhere in the planet within an hour.

Speaking at an air power conference in London, he said the military needed to 'jump on' industry plans when it came to innovative technology.

He referred to Sir Richard Branson's company Virgin Galactic, which plans to make intercontinental space travel a reality.

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WNU editor: The problem with this type of delivery system is that it is very expensive to use, and you will need a long runway to land your military forces. I do not see it happening at anytime in the near future.