A mock rocket launches from the SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst, Shetland. The site is to get £30m as part of plans to strengthen space defences. Photograph: SaxaVord UK Spaceport/PA By Ben Quinn, Published by The Guardian, 23 September 2026 A new military unit dedicated to defending satellites, protecting services people
Melting ice, due to climate change, means shipping routes are opening up in the waters around Greenland. The warming waters could also unlock access to minerals and fishing areas. (Image: BBC) By Jaroslav Lukiv and Adrienne Murray, Published by The BBC, 22 September 2026 The US, Denmark and Greenland have
By The Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space20 September 2026 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 consequence of the competition between
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
