China’s new satellite-hunting radar aims to blind US

China’s SLC-18 satellite tracking radar. Photo: China Daily By Gabriel Honrada, Published by Asia Times, 14 November 2022 Newly-unveiled SLC-18 radar seeks to blunt US space-based intel advantage and could soon be exported to America’s adversaries China’s new electronically scanned array radar aims to blunt the military advantages long provided

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From ‘lunar intelligence’ to orbital waystations, the US needs to keep the moon on the mind

By Joshua Huminski, Published by Breaking Defense, 7 November 2022 Once firmly stuck in the realm of science fiction, the idea of moon bases and manned missions to Mars is closer than ever before. In the op-ed below, national security expert Joshua Huminski says the US needs to turn its

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Chinese military scientists simulated a nuclear blast in space to knock out satellite networks like Starlink

By Stephen Chen, Published by Business Insider, 28 October 2022 A nuclear blast in near space could create a radioactive cloud over an area as big as New York state, crippling or destroying satellites in near-Earth orbit, according to a new computer simulation conducted by a team of Chinese military

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Congested & Contested: Space Wars Are Upon Us

By Lisa Savage, Blog published at WENT2THEBRIDGE, 22 October 2022 When the Pentagon’s think tank, the RAND corporation, publishes a study it’s worth paying attention. Remarkable in their prescience, RAND reports accurately predicted the Ukraine war and the Iraq war.  Free download here Consider, for instance, their recent study of what Chinese and Russian primary

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