Losing the War of the Future

By Paul Scharre, Published by Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2026 How New Technologies Threaten America’s Military Advantage In its recent campaign against Iran, the United States dominated the skies using its traditional airpower. The U.S. military pounded Iranian targets, conducting over 13,000 strikes. That prowess and devastating firepower did not

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Planet Labs Satellites Upend Wars While Beaming Their Images Worldwide

Planet Labs aims to push forward peace around the world by shining a luminous spotlight from space on the movement of tanks, troops, missiles and warships across the Earth’s surface. Shown here is its headquarters in San Francisco (Photo By Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) By Kevin

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Space Force’s 2040 vision: a larger force to contend with larger Chinese, Russian threats

By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 15 April 2026 Officials speculate there could be 30,000 US satellites—more than twice as many as today. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The next 15 years will likely see potential adversaries crank up their space and counter-space capabilities, so the Space Force needs more

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