The Upgraded Early Warning Radar at Thule Air Base, Greenland, Aug. 10, 2022. U.S. Space Force / Paul Honnick By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 13 January 2025 Longstanding diplomatic agreements and an existing U.S. base already enable military expansion. National security experts reject President Donald Trump’s claim that
Photo: German Ministry of Defence. By Ivan Khomenko, Published by United24 Media, 12 January 2026 Germany’s newly deployed Arrow-3 missile defense system is currently unable to intercept Russia’s latest intermediate-range ballistic missile, known as “Oreshnik,” due to its limited operational readiness and the extreme speed of the target, Die Welt reported on January 11, citing NATO
Image: Shutterstock/Nasa By Bojan Stojkovski, Published by Interesting Engineering, 11 January 2026 China has submitted plans to deploy up to 200,000 satellites into orbit, citing collision risks posed by SpaceX’s rapidly expanding Starlink network. A growing number of Chinese companies are laying the groundwork for an unprecedented expansion of satellite
Photo: German Ministry of Defence. By Lukasz Prus, Published by Defence Industry Europe, 11 January 2026 Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a contract worth approximately USD 3.1 billion with Israel Ministry of Defense for the expansion of Germany’s procurement of the Arrow 3 missile defence system. The announcement follows the
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches the USSF-124 mission for the U.S. Space Force on Feb. 14, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT). (Image credit: SpaceX via X) By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 10 January 2026 SpaceX sweeps nine national security missions for SDA and NRO under NSSL
A person looks on as SpaceX's huge Super Heavy-Starship is unstacked from the booster as it sits on the launchpad at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 16, 2023. By Terrence McCoy, Published by The Washington Post, 7 January 2026 The saga of Playa Bagdad, just over the border
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 1 November - REUTERS/Steve Nesius By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 3 January 2026 WASHINGTON — Orbital launch activity set another annual record in 2025, although future growth may depend on factors different from those that fueled the
A composite image showing rows of Starlink satellites awaiting deployment into low Earth orbit in front of a picture of Earth taken from the International Space Station. (Image credit: SpaceX via X) By MIke Wall, Published by Space.com, 2 January 2026 "Lowering the satellites results in condensing Starlink orbits, and
