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If I were to add a new branch, it wouldn't be a Space Force.

It'd be a cyberwar force.

US Cyber Command was elevated to "full and independent unified combatant command"[1] in May 2018. I think Space Force is somewhat different in that they're not a unified command and are meant to be a separate standalone military branch.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command

Doesn't this already exist through the NSA and friends?

There is a difference between the military and government agencies.

It's like asking why not get rid of military in favor of militia, Hired guns, And police forces?

Who had what authority. Funding. Jurisdiction and related. And plenty of other things.

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