By Mohammad Ali Rajaeifar, Oliver Belcher, Stuart Parkinson, Benjamin Neimark, Doug Weir, Kirstin Ashworth, Reuben Larbi & Oliver Heidrich Published by Nature, 2 November 2022 The world’s militaries are heavy emitters of greenhouse gases. No one knows exactly how much; estimates range between 1% and 5% of global emissions, comparable
Images show the missile defence battery has been stationed near Al-Dhafra air base, south of the capital Abu-Dhabi (Maxar Technologies via Twitter) By Elis Gjevori, Published by Middle East Eye, 29 October 2022 Long sought by Abu Dhabi, particularly after Houthi attacks, deployment is likely to raise concern in Iran
By Emma Helfrich, Published by The Warzone, 4 October 2022 Dozens of orphaned RQ-4s will become RangeHawks under the SkyRange program to create a massively flexible, high-tempo test range complex. In August of this year, it was finally confirmed that retired Block 20 and Block 30 RQ-4 Global Hawks belonging
By Bryan Clark, Published by IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2022 The Ukraine invasion has become an old-fashioned slog, enabling Russia to unleash its electronic weapons A month into Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian troops stumbled upon a nondescript shipping container at an abandoned Russian command post outside Kyiv. They did not know
By Catherine Versfeld, Published by Universe Today, 2 July 2022 The United States Government has declared that it will no longer be performing tests of Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapons. In a public statement during a visit to the Vandenberg Space Force Base, Vice President Kamala Harris confirmed that this policy has
By Alan Macleod, Published by MintpressNews, 31 May 2022 AUSTIN, TEXAS – Elon Musk’s proposed takeover of Twitter has ruffled many feathers among professional commentators. “Musk is the wrong leader for Twitter’s vital mission,” read one Bloomberg headline. The network also insisted, “Nothing in the Tesla CEO’s track record suggests
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 April 2022 Data from the Space Fence radar that tracks objects in low Earth orbit can now be accessed through the Unified Data Library WASHINGTON – The U.S. Space Force announced April 22 that its tracking radar that monitors low Earth orbit is
