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
Russia has begun operational use of the Volna Kupol Garant electronic warfare system to jam satellites in the Starlink constellation. According to Ukrainian specialists cited in the input article, the system is being used over an area referred to as Novorossiya. By Martin Chomsky, Published by Defence Industry Europe, 20
Image: zamin.uz By Stephen Bryen, Published by Asia Times, 25 May 2026 Between May 14 and 20, Russia repositioned five of six recently launched Cosmos military satellites from an orbital inclination of 97 degrees to 97.8 degrees, putting the Cosmos satellites on the same orbital plane as a satellite known as ICEYE-X36.
The Russian satellites, COSMOS 2581 and COSMOS 2583, passed within 3 metres of each other on 28 April, 2026 (COMSPOC) By Anthony Cuthbertson, Published by The Independent, 7 May 2026 The incident raises concerns about space surveillance and orbital collisions Astronomers have observed two Russian military satellites passing within 3
Diagram of message-sending from Vienna to Beijing through space-ground integrated quantum network using China's Micius satellite, which launched in 2016. (Image credit: CAS/Pan Jianwei's team) By Dylan Welch, Published by GMF US, 5 May 2026 Quantum technologies will change how we communicate, navigate, and calculate in space. As the United
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
Tyche, the first of MoD's new Minerva satellites was launched into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon rocket from the US in August 2024. Artist impression. Credit SSTL By Abdullah Farooq and John McEvoy, Published by Declassified UK, 29 April 2026 Exclusive: Ministry of Defence satellite data analysed by Declassified indicates
Explosion demolishes part of the Soyuz launch infrastructure at the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, April 2026. (Source: DW) By Ivan Khomenko, Published by United24, 25 April 2026 The European Space Agency (ESA) has dismantled key elements of the launch complex used for Russian Soyuz-ST rockets at the Kourou spaceport
