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,
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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
Image: DKosig/Getty Images By Rudy Ruitenberg, Published by Defense News, 17 September 2026 PARIS — Space has become a war-fighting domain, an assessment that calls for doctrinal changes and the ability to intervene there more quickly, space-force leaders from several NATO countries said at the Space Defense and Security Summit
Editor Huaxia Published by Xinhua, 17 September 2026 BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Moon should not become a new battlefield. Preventing the militarization of space must remain a basic principle as humanity ventures beyond Earth. The U.S. "Star Wars" program of the 1980s once raised the prospect of an
By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 16 September 2026 Days after orbital weapons were revealed, Gen. Dan Caine ups the scope of the military’s desired reach. NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.— The U.S.military’s top uniformed leader says U.S. forces must be ready for war near or possibly even on the moon,
By Abdul Rahman, Published by Breakthrough News, 16 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 US officially admitted it deployed weapons into outer
(Image credit: U.S. Space Force) By Oliver Holmes, Published by The Guardian, 15 September 2026 Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbit The US has deployed weapons in space, the US military has confirmed, in an extraordinary public announcement that analysts
Satellite antennas used in the Counter Communications System 10.2 electronic jammer developed by L3Harris under contract to the U.S. Space Force. Credit: L3Harris By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 15 September 2026 U.S. Space Force’s top officer has shared new details about his service’s use of electronic warfare capabilities during
