Published by RT, 15 September 2026 Moscow believes Washington’s deployment of an orbital weapons system is taking the world in the wrong direction Weapons should not be deployed in space, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, responding to the Pentagon’s announcement that the US has placed a weapons system in
Satellite antennas used in the Counter Communications System 10.2 electronic jammer developed by L3Harris under contract to the U.S. Space Force. Credit: L3Harris By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 15 September 2026 U.S. Space Force’s top officer has shared new details about his service’s use of electronic warfare capabilities during
By Joseph Trevithick and Howard Altman, Published by TWZ, 14 September 2026 Space Force has finally confirmed it has weapons in space and has also shared details about its "space control" mission set. Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink made a bombshell admission this morning, disclosing that there are
The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) watch center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Credit: Space ISAC By Debra Werner, Published by Space News, 26 August 2026 SALT LAKE CITY – Small satellites face growing threats because potential adversaries recognize their expanding role in providing communication, Earth-observation and navigation
A Chinese LandSapce ZhuQue-3 booster, the country's first to successfully touch down on land. LandSpace By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 19 August 2026 Earlier today, Chinese firm LandSpace achieved the country’s first successful recovery of a reusable space launch rocket booster on land. This follows China’s first-ever recovery of
Image by Getty / Futurism By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 13 August, 2026 "Our space assets need to shoot, move, and communicate just like the rest of the joint force," the head of U.S. Space Command says. The head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) says having a “credible, acknowledged”
Notional depiction of space-based interception. Elements of this illustration were created in MidJourney, an artificial intelligence tool. Credit: THOR Design Studio By William J. Astore, Published by New Internationalist, 22 July 2026 As space becomes an increasingly vital arena for war, William J Astore tracks its increased militarization. ‘One point five trillion
By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 15 April 2026 Officials speculate there could be 30,000 US satellites—more than twice as many as today. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The next 15 years will likely see potential adversaries crank up their space and counter-space capabilities, so the Space Force needs more
