The 'Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space' (also known as the 'Global Network' or the 'GN') is an international network of organisations and individuals who are concerned about the militarisation and exploitation of space. When the US Space Force was established in 2019 President Trump said that it marked “a big moment”
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By The Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space20 September 2026 (South Korean translation available here) 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
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
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Signing of 1967 Outer Space Treaty. [Source: theverge.com] By Abdul Rahman, Published by Popular Resistance, 18 September 2026 The UN Outer Space Treaty (1967) calls for the peaceful use of outer space. Prohibiting the deployment of any weapon of mass destruction and preventing anyone from claiming sovereign control. After the
A Skynet satellite. Photo: Airbus Defence and Space Published by RAF News, 18 September 2026 UK Space Command and US Space Command have conducted the first UK-US joint military operation in space, moving two satellites close together, at an altitude of nearly 36,000 kilometres above the Earth. From 4-12 September
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
