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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Involvement in US strikes on Iran could make Australia a target, experts warn as government tight-lipped on Pine Gap

Prof Richard Tanter, said it was a “realistic assessment” that the Pine Gap joint defence facility near Alice Springs might be involved in some capacity in Sunday’s bombardment. Photograph of Pine Gap: STF/AFP By Ben Doherty and Dan Jervis-Bardy, Published by The Guardian, 23 June 2025 Calls for more transparency

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Dstl announces Orpheus satellite mission contract

From the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Published by Gov.uk, 16 June 2025 The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has awarded the £5.15 million satellite contract for the Orpheus space domain awareness mission to Astroscale UK. This will be a successor to the Prometheus-2 and CIRCE missions that were

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Protesters outside the 2022 Rocket Lab conference at Te Pae Convention Centre in Christchurch. Peter Meecham / The Press

Implications for NZ from Rocket Lab’s military work go undebated

Protesters outside the 2022 Rocket Lab conference at Te Pae Convention Centre in Christchurch.Peter Meecham / The Press By Warren Thomson. Published by The Press, 9 June 2025 Warren Thomson is an anti-nuclear activist who has been writing and speaking on peace issues for fifty years, and is involved with

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