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New Anti-Satellite Weapons Now Officially A Top U.S. Priority

Image by Getty / Futurism By Joseph Trevithick, Published by TWZ, 13 August, 2026 "Our space assets need to shoot, move, and communicate just like the rest of the joint force," the head of U.S. Space Command says. The head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) says having a “credible, acknowledged”

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Russia debuts anti-Starlink EW system that can blind terminals by overloading ‘satellites’ receiving antennas’

(Image credit: 1.ru) By Efosa Udinmwen, Published by Techradar, 2 August 2026 Russia’s Volna Kupol Garant takes down Starlink satellites Russia unveils an electronic warfare system designed to interfere with Starlink satellite communications Volna Kupol Garant focuses on satellites instead of disrupting ground communication terminals The new Russian system reportedly

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The militarization of space threatens us all

Notional depiction of space-based interception. Elements of this illustration were created in MidJourney, an artificial intelligence tool. Credit: THOR Design Studio By William J. Astore, Published by New Internationalist, 22 July 2026 As space becomes an increasingly vital arena for war, William J Astore tracks its increased militarization. ‘One point five trillion

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The Esrange Space Center lies among vast forests of pine and birch in the northernmost part of Sweden, 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Photograph: Mattias Forsberg/SSC

US rocket-launch bottleneck worries Sweden, which just launched its first military satellite

The Esrange Space Center lies among vast forests of pine and birch in the northernmost part of Sweden, 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Photograph: Mattias Forsberg/SSC By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 20 July 2026 The country sped up the launch due to the “severe security situation.”

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Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard MP keynote speech at the Global Air and Space Chiefs’ Conference

Speech by Luke Pollard M.P., Posted by the Ministry of Defence, 16 July 2026 Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard MP delivered a keynote speech at the second day of the Global Air and Space Chiefs' Conference in London. Colleagues, good to see you all again. It is

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The Iranian use of space operations during Epic Fury

Iran’s Khayyam satellite, the countryÆs only high-resolution imaging satellite, took this image of the Vogtle nuclear power plant in US state of Georgia.[4] By Matthew Mowthorpe, Markos Trichas and Damian Terrill, Published by The Space Review, 13 July 2026 This article analyzes how Iran used access to both commercial satellite

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‘Coalition of the willing’ to build shared European anti-ballistic programme

By Angelique Chrisafis, Published by The Guardian, 13 July 2026 Ukraine and nine other countries including UK issue joint statement as leaders meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris Ukraine and nine other countries including the UK, Germany and France are to build a shared protection programme for Europe against ballistic missiles,

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The Tragedy of the New Space Race

By Samanth Subramanian, Published by New Republic, 29 June 2026 Space exploration is a rapidly growing industry. But its goal is dominance, not discovery. Two versions of history began when, one fall night in 1957, a two-stage rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and deposited a Soviet satellite called

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