Space – the quiet element behind Midnight Hammer

Satellite image of Iran's Fordo nuclear plant. Credit: Maxar By Grant Anderson, Published by Space News, 30 July 2025 It can be said with certainty that a lot went into Operation Midnight Hammer. The June 22 precision strike on Iranian strategic weapons production facilities was an airtight operation conducted with

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Directed-energy weapon. [Source: exonews.org]

Crystal clear: China sharpening its anti-satellite laser edge

Conceptual image of a ground-based laser weapon attacking a satellite. Image: X Screengrab By Gabriel Honrada, Published by Asia Times, 27 July 2025 New BGSe crystal a breakthrough in directed-energy tech that could enhance ground-based laser weapons to target satellites China is using crystals to enhance the power of satellite-destroying

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‘Sparring in space’ – BBC gains rare access to US base tracking global missile strikes

Space Force operators monitor missile-warning satellite data at the Overhead Persistent Infrared Battlespace Awareness Center at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado. Credit: Space Systems Command By Jonathan Beale, Published by the BBC, 16 July 2025 There's a short sharp shout: "Launch Yemen!" The men and women in uniform sitting in

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US Space Force practices ‘orbital warfare’ in largest-ever training event

U.S. Space Force Col. Jay Steingold, left center, Resolute Space 2025 exercise director, speaks alongside Royal Australian Air Force Group Captain Darrell May, center, Space Forces Indo-Pacific deputy commander, and USSF Lt. Col. Shawn Green, left, RS25 exercise deputy director, during kickoff outside of SFI headquarters on Joint Base Pearl

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NATO’s approach to space

Published by NATO, 24 June 2025 Space is a dynamic and rapidly evolving environment, which is essential to the Alliance’s deterrence and defence. NATO recognises space as an operational domain, alongside air, land, maritime and cyberspace. Allies have agreed an Overarching Space Policy to guide NATO’s approach to space and

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US and China need a space hotline for orbital emergencies, experts say

The U.S. and China continue to compete in space. (Image credit: Dragon Claws/iStock/Getty Images) By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 16 May 2025 "China is there to stay in the space domain, so we need to figure out some ways to work together, at the very least, in an emergency

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US loosens some rules for offensive counterspace ops, wargaming

[Image source: eurasiantimes.com] By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 12 May 2025 Some decision-making authorities, previously closely held by the president or secretary of defense, have been delegated to US SPACECOM, according to sources, but military space leaders want more freedom to act. WASHINGTON — When the Space Force

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