By Azriel Bermant, Published by Foreign Policy, 12 August 2022 In Europe and the Middle East, plans for missile defense are a mixed blessing. In June, Jordanian King Abdullah II caused a stir when he remarked that he would support the establishment of a NATO-like military alliance in the Middle
By Jen Judson, Published by DefenseNews, 12 August 2022 HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Protecting the continental U.S. and Guam from missiles and hypersonic weapons are the top priorities for the Missile Defense Agency, Vice Adm. Jon Hill, the MDA director, said in an interview with Defense News. At the top of
By Gabriel Honrada, Published by Asia Times, 12 August 2022 Long-Range Discrimination Radar aims to distinguish hunter-killer satellites from space debris and live warheads from decoys The United States is wrapping up tests of its new Long-Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) as part of a significant upgrade of its missile defense
By Chris Young, Published by Interesting Engineering, 11 August 2022 And cleaning up the resulting space debris would be like 'collecting bullets'. SpaceX's Starlink mega-constellation is growing at rocket speed. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk recently announced that the private space company expects "over 4,200 Starlink satellites in operation within 18 months", constituting
By Catherine Buchaniec, Published by DefenseNews, 11 August 2022 WASHINGTON -- Sierra Nevada Corp., the world’s 54th largest defense contractor in the Defense News annual ranking, will provide the U.K. with high-altitude uncrewed balloons to be used for surveillance and reconnaissance. The U.S. aerospace company headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, will
By Kal Grossman, Published by CounterPunch, 11 August 2022 “The New Space Race is Going Nuclear” was the title of an hour webinar last week presented by the American Nuclear Society. The U.S. government is pouring money into the development of space nuclear power—for commercial, exploratory and military purposes—as described
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 10 August 2022 DARPA is pursuing a new laser terminal design that would be compatible with any constellation HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Five commercial satellite operators — SpaceX, Telesat, SpaceLink, Viasat and Amazon’s Kuiper — are among 11 organizations selected by the Defense Advanced Research
By Peter Ong, Published by Naval News, 10 August 2022 In July 2022, Naval News reached out to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for an update on their test firing of an Operational Fires (OpFires) hypersonic missile. The OpFires program will mount two to three hypersonic missiles
