Memorial Day: 5G AND THE MILITARY — Marriage Made in Hell

By Kate Kheel with Patricia Burke, Published by Natural Blaze, 26 May 2021 “What 5G means to the military 5G wireless communications is expected to move voice, video, text, and image data with bandwidth as fast as 300 GHz to create data on demand for the battlefield. 5G telecommunications technology

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Nobody Wants Rules in Space

By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 6 May 2021 As space becomes more crowded, there’s little hope for new international rules to make it safer. Debris from a crashing Chinese rocket hurtling toward Earth and a Russian projectile-shooting spy satellite are the two examples of a big problem: too

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Mining in Space Is Coming

Illustration by James Vaughan, Milken Review By Alex Gilbert, Published by Milken Institute Review, 26 April 2021 Space exploration is back. after decades of disappointment, a combination of better technology, falling costs and a rush of competitive energy from the private sector has put space travel front and center. indeed,

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On 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s landmark trip around Earth, Russia proposes talks to ban placement of all weapons in space

By Jonny Tickle, Published by Russia Today, 12 April 2021 In order to prevent a potential arms race in the cosmos, Russia has revealed that it wants to begin negotiations with other space-faring nations to create an international treaty to ban the deployment of weapons in Earth’s orbit. That’s according

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The Space Rush: New US Strategy Must Bring Order, Regulation

By Hoss Cartwright and Deborah Lee James, Published in Breaking Defense, 26 March 2021 How strategically important is space, beyond spy and communications satellites? This opinion piece by Hoss Cartwright, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and former Air Force Secretary Debbie Lee James, makes it pretty

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