(Getty Images/iStockphoto) By Matt Berman, Published by Popular Mechanics, 20 March 2025 One of DARPA’s concerns is that Russia has allegedly developed a nuclear space-based, anti-satellite weapon that may be capable of blinding hundreds of satellites. DARPA, the U.S. military’s advanced research agency, is funding space laser projects amid simmering concerns that
Chinese Space Station Tiangong orbits the Earth. Photo: Getty Images By Alan Bradley, Published by Live Science, 11 March 2025 New laser-based imaging technology is reportedly capable of capturing millimeter resolution from over 60 miles away. Scientists in China have created a satellite with laser-imaging technology powerful enough to capture human facial
Image by Getty / Futurism By Thomas Newdick, Published by The War Zone, 11 March 2025 Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman alluded to the kinds of counter-space capabilities that the U.S. Space Force is now prioritizing. he U.S. Space Force’s top officer has provided an unusually detailed description
By Sophie Jenkins, Published by Space War, 14 December 2024 London, UK (SPX) - Raytheon UK, a division of RTX's Raytheon business, announced the successful live-firing of its High-Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) by the British Army, targeting and neutralizing moving aerial threats. The demonstration, conducted in Wales, was part
By AFP Staff Writers, Publishd by Space War, 28 October 2024 Israel's defence ministry said on Monday it has earmarked $530 million to accelerate development of the laser air defence system known as "Iron Beam". "The Ministry of Defence has signed a major deal worth approximately 2 billion shekels to
By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 7 August 2024 The Army’s recent guidance on the role of space in land warfare focuses on two objectives: integrating space capabilities into ground forces’ operations and developing ways to interdict adversary space systems. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is taking cues from
By Sakshi Tiwari, Published by The Euroasian Times, 20 July 2024 Research recently conducted by China’s People Liberation Army (PLA) scientists has claimed that PLA submarines equipped with laser weapons would be able to destroy SpaceX’s Starlink satellites if China’s security was in jeopardy. The research states that a submarine
By Sara Odeen-Isbister, Published by MSN, 13 April 2024 The British Army is set to test a high-powered radio-frequency weapon that can knock out the enemy’s electrics and disable drones. Experts have compared it to ‘the pinch’, a device that featured in the 2001 hit film, Ocean’s Eleven, about a
