Chinese Space Station Tiangong orbits the Earth. Photo: Getty Images By Alan Bradley, Published by Live Science, 11 March 2025 New laser-based imaging technology is reportedly capable of capturing millimeter resolution from over 60 miles away. Scientists in China have created a satellite with laser-imaging technology powerful enough to capture human facial
Image by Getty / Futurism By Thomas Newdick, Published by The War Zone, 11 March 2025 Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman alluded to the kinds of counter-space capabilities that the U.S. Space Force is now prioritizing. he U.S. Space Force’s top officer has provided an unusually detailed description
A Long March 3B carrier rocket carrying an experimental satellite blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on December 30, 2021 in Xichang, China. Liu Guoxing / VCG via Getty Images By Sujita Sinha, Published by Interesting Engineering, 10 March 2025 US Space Force officials worry China’s space stealth
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 25 February 2025 WASHINGTON — Military planners have centuries of battlefield history to draw from when wargaming conflicts on land, at sea, and in the air. But in space — where no war has ever been waged — there is no historical precedent
Few figures in contemporary politics represent the ugliness of unleashed capitalism better than Musk. A flamboyant buffoon, in some ways, but also lethal (Granville Post) By Alan Macleod,Published by the Granville Post, 23 February 2025 Donald Trump has announced his intention to build a gigantic anti-ballistic missile system to counter
Image: NASA By Alan T. Dugger, Published by Modern War Institute, 14 February 2025 For as long as humans have waged war, controlling the high ground has meant controlling the fight. From ancient hilltop fortresses to the elevated positions that dictated victory in modern battles, elevation offered a point from
The Starlink System By Stephen Chen, Published by South China Morning Post, 12 January 2025 Taking inspiration from whales, Chinese researchers have created their own method for targeting satellite constellations Starlink is not as invulnerable as previously thought, according to a team of award-winning scientists in China who recently simulated
By Gbenga Oduntan, Published by Defense One, 7 January 2025 Outer space is infinite, but that hasn’t stopped humans trying to impose their laws on it. There are more ways for people to travel to space than ever before, and the next few decades are likely to see the US and China sending humans
