‘Sensing Has Become Ubiquitous’: Satellite Imagery in Ukraine Offers View of Future Warfare

Tu-95 bombers at Engles Air Base, Russia. Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies. By Chris Gordon, Published by Air and Space Forces, 19 September 2024 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The proliferation of commercial satellites is changing the character of war, a panel of military experts said at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference

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Deep space radar site in Wales to go ahead to protect UK from ‘space warfare’

By Jessica Elgot and Hannah Devlin, Published by The Guardian, 8 August 2024 Ministers say network of 27 radar dishes in Pembrokeshire crucial to defend against ‘increasing belligerence in space’ Plans for a network of radars tracking deep space activity to help protect the UK from “space warfare” are to

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U.S. Army gears up for space warfare, drawing lessons from Ukraine

By Sandra Erwin, Published by Space News, 7 August 2024 The Army’s recent guidance on the role of space in land warfare focuses on two objectives: integrating space capabilities into ground forces’ operations and developing ways to interdict adversary space systems. WASHINGTON —  The U.S. Army is taking cues from

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Space-Based Warfare: America’s Dominance Challenged

Directed-energy weapon. [Source: exonews.org] By Brian Berletic, Published by New Eastern Outlook, 12 July 2024 The Battlefield Above The United States had throughout the Cold War and within the first decade of the 21st century established dominance in terms of space-based military capabilities, including satellite navigation through its Global Positioning

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Space warfare: how the military could be forced to give up GPS and return to navigating by the stars

By Tory Shepherd, Published by The Guardian, 31 May 2024 If satellites get taken out during war, defence forces will need personnel trained to switch from digital back to analog tools What would happen if satellite communications were taken down by enemy action during a war? It’s a question governments

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