Protesters outside the 2022 Rocket Lab conference at Te Pae Convention Centre in Christchurch. Peter Meecham / The Press

Implications for NZ from Rocket Lab’s military work go undebated

Protesters outside the 2022 Rocket Lab conference at Te Pae Convention Centre in Christchurch.Peter Meecham / The Press By Warren Thomson. Published by The Press, 9 June 2025 Warren Thomson is an anti-nuclear activist who has been writing and speaking on peace issues for fifty years, and is involved with

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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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State of the Space Force 2025

(Image credit: U.S. Space Force) By Audry Decker, Published by Defense One, 18 April 2025 As Trump envisions “our manifest destiny into the stars,” the Space Force is set to play a key role in America’s space ambitions. When President Donald Trump signed the Space Force into existence, he hailed

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Space Force missile-tracking “Foo Fighter” satellites clear design milestone

Illustration of missile-tracking sensor satellites. Credit: L3Harris Technologies By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 7 April 2025 COLORADO SPRINGS — Eight satellites designed by Millennium Space Systems with sensor payloads from L3Harris Technologies have cleared a key design review, paving the way for production and a planned late 2027

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Golden Dome: Smart strategy or risky business?

Notional depiction of space-based interception. Elements of this illustration were created in MidJourney, an artificial intelligence tool. Credit: THOR Design StudioNotional depiction of space-based interception. Elements of this illustration were created in MidJourney, an artificial intelligence tool. Credit: THOR Design StudioNotional depiction of space-based interception. Elements of this illustration were

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Putting Missile Interceptors In Space Critical To Defending U.S. Citizens: Space Force Boss

Los Alamos National Laboratory via Aerospace Projects Review By Joseph Trevithick,Published by The War Zone, 20 March 2025 The large-scale weaponization of space appears to be imminent as competition in orbit heats up between the U.S. and its adversaries. New space-based interceptors called for in President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome missile

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Germany Commissions Development of Hypersonic Spaceplane

Aurora spacecraft. Photo: POLARIS Raumflugzeuge Published by Militarnyi, 2 March 2025 German outlet Hartpunkt reported that Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support has awarded a contract to develop a reusable, two-stage hypersonic research spacecraft. The project has been entrusted to POLARIS Raumflugzeuge, a German startup that will

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The Pentagon is recruiting Elon Musk to help them win a Nuclear War

Few figures in contemporary politics represent the ugliness of unleashed capitalism better than Musk. A flamboyant buffoon, in some ways, but also lethal (Granville Post) By Alan Macleod,Published by the Granville Post, 23 February 2025 Donald Trump has announced his intention to build a gigantic anti-ballistic missile system to counter

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