By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 17 November 2021 You can imagine a reusable system that can fly around and drop payloads and come back, or a hypersonic system that can carry other hypersonic systems," said Gillian Bussey, head of DoD's Joint Hypersonics Transition Office. WASHINGTON: Reusable super-high-speed aircraft
By Jonny Tickle, Published by Russia Today, 16 November 2021 The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that it conducted a missile test that hit and destroyed an old, inoperable satellite one day after the US State Department accused Moscow of being “irresponsible” and “reckless.” According to the ministry, the test
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 15 November 2021 L3Harris will begin to produce the new version of the Counter Communications System WASHINGTON — U.S. military officials and analysts have warned that China and Russia are building an arsenal of weapons designed to interfere with space-based capabilities of the United
By Staff Writers, Published by Space War, 3 November 2021 Leicester UK (SPX) - University of Leicester experts in the military uses of outer space have urged further international dialogue and 'cool heads' following flight tests of a new Chinese hypersonic missile system. Reports of China testing a new orbital
by Staff Writers for Launchspace, Published by SpaceWar, 29 October 2021 Bethesda, MD (SPX) - A new arms race is unfolding among spacefaring nations. Space experts have been telling us about contested space for the last several years. The number of active satellites is exploding from about 1,000 a few
By Colin Clark, Published by Breaking Defense, 2 November 2021 Models shared exclusively with Breaking Defense offer a rare glimpse into nation-on-nation run-ins in space as satellites follow, flee, and, allegedly, listen in on each other. WASHINGTON: China has demonstrated the ability to track and maneuver a satellite with a
By Patrick Tucker, Published by Defense One, 19 October 2021 Basic questions about how to defeat or deter orbital weapons remain undecided. The “deeply concerning” test of a Chinese hypersonic missile shows that the United States has “a lot of work to do” on technology and policy, military officials and
By Kuan-Wei Chen, Ram S. Jakhu, Steven Freeland, Published by The Conversation, 11 October 2021 When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 in 1957, it represented humanity’s first significant foray into the cosmos. Our imagination was opened to the wonder and lure of space for human endeavour as science fiction
