Published by the Conversation, 26 July 2022 Russia is building a new ground-based laser facility for interfering with satellites orbiting overhead, according to a recent report in The Space Review. The basic idea would be to dazzle the optical sensors of other nations’ spy satellites by flooding them with laser
By Greg Hadley, Published by Airforce Magazine, 25 July 2022 FARNBOROUGH, U.K.—Military and defense industry officials are proud to say the Global Positioning System of satellites has entrenched itself as the world standard of position, navigation, and timing. But new threats—and some futuristic considerations—are leading some to think bigger than
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 3 July 2022 WASHINGTON — The government of New Zealand has formally joined a U.S.-led ban on testing of destructive direct-ascent antisatellite (ASAT) weapons in an effort to build momentum for a global prohibition on such tests. In a July 1 speech at the
By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 30 June 2022 The unit's mission is to 'outwit, outreach and win in the space domain.' The United States Space Force has activated a new unit that is tasked with providing "critical intelligence on threat systems, foreign intentions and activities in the space domain."
By Thomas Claburn, Published by The Register, 2 June 2022 US think tank sees growing interest in counterspace capabilities In a report published earlier this week, the Secure World Foundation, a space-oriented NGO, warned that in the past few years there's been a surge of interest in offensive counterspace weapons
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 2 June, 2022 The review, to set out Space Force's "playing field," was tasked to the Defense Department and the IC by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, said Lt. Gen. Bill Liquori, Space Force head of strategy and plans. WASHINGTON: The Pentagon and
By Ashish Dangwal, Published by The EurAsian Times, 25 May 2022 Chinese military researchers are reportedly working on methods to disrupt or eliminate SpaceX’s Starlink satellites if they threaten national security. China must acquire the capability to track, monitor, and, if required, kill all Starlink satellites in orbit around the
By Gareth Corfield, Published by the Daily Telegraph, 25 May 2022 Researchers from Beijing call Starlink a threat to China's national security China needs a “hard kill” weapon to destroy Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites, a state university with close links to the country’s communist regime has said. Researchers from the
