A mock rocket launches from the SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst, Shetland. The site is to get £30m as part of plans to strengthen space defences. Photograph: SaxaVord UK Spaceport/PA By Ben Quinn, Published by The Guardian, 23 September 2026 A new military unit dedicated to defending satellites, protecting services people
Melting ice, due to climate change, means shipping routes are opening up in the waters around Greenland. The warming waters could also unlock access to minerals and fishing areas. (Image: BBC) By Jaroslav Lukiv and Adrienne Murray, Published by The BBC, 22 September 2026 The US, Denmark and Greenland have
By The Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space20 September 2026 The disclosure by US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink that the US has deployed space weapons in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) confirmed what many had always thought and is a consequence of the competition between
By Karl Grossman, Published by Counter Punch, 21 September 2026 “U.S. says for 1st time it now has weapons in space” was the headline last week in USA Today. The subhead: “Air Force Secretary Troy Meink became the first U.S. official to publicly announce that the military has deployed weapons
Image Credit: janiecbros/Getty Images By Denis Staunton, Published by The Irish Times, 21 September 2026 Washington’s declaration that it has deployed weapons in space was meant as a warning to China and Russia. It could backfire. When the United States announced last week that it had deployed weapons in space,
Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Troy Meink delivers a keynote address during the 2026 Air, Space & Cyber Conference at the National Harbor, Md., Sept 14, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Malia Heemsoth) By Steve Staples, Posted by Peace Quest, 19 September 2026 For decades, Washington
Image: DKosig/Getty Images By Rudy Ruitenberg, Published by Defense News, 17 September 2026 PARIS — Space has become a war-fighting domain, an assessment that calls for doctrinal changes and the ability to intervene there more quickly, space-force leaders from several NATO countries said at the Space Defense and Security Summit
Editor Huaxia Published by Xinhua, 17 September 2026 BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Moon should not become a new battlefield. Preventing the militarization of space must remain a basic principle as humanity ventures beyond Earth. The U.S. "Star Wars" program of the 1980s once raised the prospect of an
