IDF soldiers who work with radar, Iron Dome at risk of cancer – study

By Judy Siegel-Itzkovich, Published by The Jerusalem Post, 30 October 2022 The team suggested that IDF soldiers working with Hawk missiles, David’s sling batteries, Iron Dome, Arrow missiles and Patriot batteries could all expose them to excessive radiation.  IDF personnel who work in close contact with high-intensity, whole-body, radio-frequency radiation

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Long-range missile defense radar ready to ‘plug in’ at NORTHCOM within ‘months’

By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 10 August 2022 The LRDR not only will improve ballistic missile tracking for homeland defense, but also will contribute to space domain awareness, said Northern Command's Director of Operations Brig. Gen. Joey Lestorti. SMD 2022 — Northern Command is wrapping up testing of

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Military looking for new ways to acquire and use commercial satellite data

By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 23 May 2022 Space Systems Command is trying to figure out how to exploit traditional and new types of commercial space data WASHINGTON — Over a two-day conference last week, U.S. military and intelligence officials were briefed on the capabilities of commercial spy satellites

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Britain considering new radar to keep an eye on space

By George Allison, Published by ukdj, 24 April 2022 The Ministry of Defence is seeking market information regarding Multi-Mode Radar (MMR) able to monitor space, conduct air surveillance in a traditional ground-based air defence role, including surveillance of small air-breathing targets and tactical ballistic missiles. The purpose of the request

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Space Force radar that monitors low Earth orbit to feed data directly to cloud platform

By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 22 April 2022 Data from the Space Fence radar that tracks objects in low Earth orbit can now be accessed through the Unified Data Library WASHINGTON – The U.S. Space Force announced April 22 that its tracking radar that monitors low Earth orbit is

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