Space Force’s FY24 budget includes ‘offensive’ options for space. What does that mean?

By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 13 March 2023 "There are hard kill and soft kill capabilities, if you will, that we're funding," Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said with regards to offensive space weapons, but none that would created dangerous space debris. WASHINGTON — There has long been

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Drilling Earth, Nuking Space

Published by buzzsprout, 8 February 2023 I Fought the LawEpisode 2 Are you as terrified as everyone else about the possibility of nuclear war and total destruction of the planet? Or don’t you even think about it?  Either way, welcome to another episode of I Fought The Law , the law being

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China’s new satellite-hunting radar aims to blind US

China’s SLC-18 satellite tracking radar. Photo: China Daily By Gabriel Honrada, Published by Asia Times, 14 November 2022 Newly-unveiled SLC-18 radar seeks to blunt US space-based intel advantage and could soon be exported to America’s adversaries China’s new electronically scanned array radar aims to blunt the military advantages long provided

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US Space Force conducts ‘simulated on-orbit combat’ training

The official emblem of Space Force's Space Training and Readiness Command, or STARCOM. (Image credit: U.S. Space Force) By Brett Tingley, Published by Space.com, 24 August 2022 The exercise brought together Space Force members with counterparts in the U.S. Army and Air Force. The U.S. Space Force just completed a

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