Air Force secretary’s space weapons confirmation raises concerns about planned Haleakalā telescopes

Telescopes operated by the 15th Space Surveillance Squadron at the Maui Space Surveillance Complex are shown at Haleakalā on Sept. 16, 2025. PC: US Air Force 1st Lt. Laura Anderson By Brian Perry, Published by Maui Now, 11 October 2026 Air Force Secretary Troy Meink’s confirmation that the United States

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Badenoch’s £10bn air defence plan points to growing concern over protecting UK’s skies

Current air-defence systems include the Sky Sabre but defence chiefs have warned more is needed By Jonathan Beale, Published by The BBC, 6 October 2026 America and Israel's war with Iran has shown that even the world's most sophisticated air defences can be overwhelmed by enemy missiles and drones, if

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Space Force missile-tracking constellations advance in low and medium Earth orbit

L3Harris will provide technology to support the Accelerated Missile Defense Tranche 3 (AMDT3) mission, designed to accelerate the US ability to defend against emerging threats from hypersonic and ballistic missiles. By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 24 September 2026 L3Harris, Rocket Lab and BAE Systems clear design milestones as

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Space Force backs startup seeking to change how satellites move in orbit

Illustration of Space Kinetic's Whirlwind satellite deployment system. Credit: Space Kinetic By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 7 September 2026 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is putting $50 million behind a startup developing an unusual way to dispatch small spacecraft from a larger vehicle in orbit. California-based Space

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China’s Reusable Space Launch Booster Recoveries Have Major Military Implications

A Chinese LandSapce ZhuQue-3 booster, the country's first to successfully touch down on land. LandSpace By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 19 August 2026 Earlier today, Chinese firm LandSpace achieved the country’s first successful recovery of a reusable space launch rocket booster on land. This follows China’s first-ever recovery of

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