(Image credit: U.S. Space Force) By Oliver Holmes, Published by The Guardian, 15 September 2026 Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbit The US has deployed weapons in space, the US military has confirmed, in an extraordinary public announcement that analysts
Published by RT, 15 September 2026 Moscow believes Washington’s deployment of an orbital weapons system is taking the world in the wrong direction Weapons should not be deployed in space, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, responding to the Pentagon’s announcement that the US has placed a weapons system in
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Image Source: exonews.org By Bernd Debusmann Jr and Chris Graham, Posted by the BBC, 15 September 2026 The US has confirmed it deployed a space weapon in Earth's orbit, the first time it has acknowledged such offensive capabilities. US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink said the "on orbit"
By Joseph Trevithick and Howard Altman, Published by TWZ, 14 September 2026 Space Force has finally confirmed it has weapons in space and has also shared details about its "space control" mission set. Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink made a bombshell admission this morning, disclosing that there are
The Kosmos 954 satellite burned up upon reentry, scattering radioactive debris across northern Canada (Screenshot via YouTube) By Chris Jeremia, Published by Space Daily, 29 August 2026 Moscow's ambassador said the reactor on board had been designed for complete destruction on re-entry — radioactivity had already fallen across 124,000 square
The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) watch center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Credit: Space ISAC By Debra Werner, Published by Space News, 26 August 2026 SALT LAKE CITY – Small satellites face growing threats because potential adversaries recognize their expanding role in providing communication, Earth-observation and navigation
By Dylan Malyasov, Published by Defence Blog, 25 August 2026 Key Points Two satellites from Russia's second Rassvet batch are decaying toward reentry after never performing orbit-raising maneuvers. None of the 16 satellites launched July 19 climbed above 360 km, roughly 200 km lower than the first group reached at
A concept for a later phase of NASA's proposed lunar base. Credit: NASA By Therese Jones, Published by Space News, 17 August 2026 Earlier this month, a discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage crashed into the lunar surface at 8,700 kilometers per hour. This was not a controlled landing. The
