The 'Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space' (also known as the 'Global Network' or the 'GN') is an international network of organisations and individuals who are concerned about the militarisation and exploitation of space. When the US Space Force was established in 2019 President Trump said that it marked “a big moment”
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Every October the GN calls for global actions to support "Keep Space for Peace Week"
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By Drago Bosnic, Published by Southfront, 28 October 2022 While the militarization of space is certainly not in the interest of the world, the political West keeps pushing for an exponential increase in the deployment of military assets to Earth’s orbit. In recent days, the Russian military has reiterated its
The Space Development Agency will begin launching its Tranche 1 Transport Layer communications mesh network in 2024. (Image: Northrop Grumman) By Theresa Hitchen, Published by Breaking Defense, 26 October 2022 "Translator" payloads are necessary because many of today's commercial remote sensing providers do not, and will not, have the ability
This chart, distributed March 17, 2022, shows how joint all-domain command and control works, and just how complicated it is. (Department of Defense) By Colin Demarest, Published by DefenseNews, 26 October 2022 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is establishing an office tasked with aligning and accelerating joint all-domain command and control,
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 25 October 2022 Image: A U.S. Air Force E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) pulls away from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker after completing aerial refueling over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Oct. 5, 2020. (U.S. Air Force
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 24 October 2022 "We may say that we don't want to, and we stand behind not doing, kinetic debris creating testing, but that does not mean that we should not have that capability," said Mitchell Institute Senior Fellow for Spacepower Studies Tim Ryan.
By Lisa Savage, Blog published at WENT2THEBRIDGE, 22 October 2022 When the Pentagon’s think tank, the RAND corporation, publishes a study it’s worth paying attention. Remarkable in their prescience, RAND reports accurately predicted the Ukraine war and the Iraq war. Free download here Consider, for instance, their recent study of what Chinese and Russian primary
By Amiah Taylor, Published by Discover Magazine, 21 October 2022 Gone are the days of traffic jams solely being a problem for drivers on their way to work: we now have to consider satellite congestion in outer space, too. As it turns out, a growing number of active satellites is
The launch of a Barack-8 interceptor. (IAI) By Arie Egozi, Published by Breaking Defense, 19 October 2022 The UAE first began asking Jerusalem quietly about its defense systems in January in the wake of purported Houthi attacks. TEL AVIV — A version of the Israeli-made Barak air defense system has
