‘Sparring in space’ – BBC gains rare access to US base tracking global missile strikes

Space Force operators monitor missile-warning satellite data at the Overhead Persistent Infrared Battlespace Awareness Center at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. Credit: Space Systems Command By Jonathan Beale, Published by the BBC, 16 July 2025 There's a short sharp shout: "Launch Yemen!" The men and women in uniform sitting in

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Lockheed Martin Proposes Missile Shield for UK as Russian Threats Escalate

Lockheed Martin's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system (Army) By Wiley Stickney, Published by Bolt Flight, 20 June 2025 Amid escalating Russian aerial threats and geopolitical instability across Europe, Lockheed Martin has officially proposed a comprehensive missile defense solution to the United Kingdom. On June 19, 2025, as reported

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U.S. Space Force awards BAE Systems $1.2 billion contract for missile-tracking satellites

Rendering of the Resilient Missile Warning Tracking (MWT) architecture in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). Credit: BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 2 June 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded BAE Systems a $1.2 billion contract for 10 missile-tracking satellites for a

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Can Donald Trump build the ‘Golden Dome’ over the US?

By Bernd Debusmann Jr, Published by the BBC, 24 May 2025 Warheads raining down from beyond the Earth's atmosphere. Faster-than-sound cruise missiles striking US infrastructure. Sky-high nuclear blasts. These are just some of the nightmarish scenarios that experts warn could come true if the US's dated and limited defence systems

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