Image: The UN Security Council holds a meeting on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock By Guardian staff and agencies, Published by The Guardian, 19 March 2024 UN chief António Guterres says risk of nuclear war has escalated and that ‘humanity cannot survive a sequel to Oppenheimer The US and
Satellite dishes attached to a ruined home in Hostomel, Ukraine. NurPhotoGetty Images By Theodora Ogden, Anna Knack, Mélusine Lebret, James Black and Vasilios Mavroudis, Publshed by CETAS, February 2024 Introduction Since the invasion of February 2022, Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine has become an attritional grind, inflicting heavy losses
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off Feb. 21 carrying 46 Starlink satellites. Credit: Space Launch Delta 45 By Audrey Decker, Published by Defense One, 20 February 2024 Direct communications could ward off miscalculation as space militarizes faster than norms develop, officials say. AURORA, Colorado—The U.S. Space Force wants a hotline
Image source: Blacklisted News By Lucas Leiroz, Published by Signs of the Times, 20 February 2024 Recently, the U.S. began spreading rumors about alleged Russian space-based nuclear weapons. According to American intelligence, Moscow is developing a powerful anti-satellite weapon to be deployed in space, thus violating international norms that prohibit
By Michael Drummond, Published by Sky News, 17 February 2024 Amid reports that Russia is planning to deploy nuclear weapons in space, Sky News speaks to three experts about what military use of space looks like. Speculation that Russia might be developing a new space-based nuclear weapon has led to
GPM Core Observatory - NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre By Ekaterina Blinova,Published by Sputnik International, 15 February 2024 Russia has effective means to thwart adversary satellites, including arms based on new physical principles. What are they? Moscow trashed the groundless rumors of its alleged efforts to deploy a nuclear anti-satellite system in
Ground-based Starfire laser at Kirtland AFB in New Mexico By Bruce Gagnon, Published in 'Organising Notes', 15 February, 2024 Remember in 2003 how the New York Times reported that Iraq had WMD which then justified the Bush administration's 'shock and awe' attack? At the time so-called 'intelligence agencies' in the
White House spokesperson John Kirby today confirmed reports, first alluded to yesterday by Rep. Mike Turner, R-OH, that a new Russian anti-satellite weapon in the works is raising administration concerns. (Air Force/Brittany A. Chase) By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defence, 15 February 2024 "Nuclear weapons in space are a
