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 Aaron Mehta, Published by C4ISRNET, 14 May 2021 WASHINGTON — The United Kingdom’s recent guiding plan for its military included both cuts to existing systems and investments in new technologies, with a special emphasis on increasing the U.K.’s capabilities in space. During an April visit to Washington, Air Chief
By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNET, 14 May 2021 WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency will deorbit two experimental missile warning satellites in the next couple years, the director announced this week. Initially launched in 2009 with an expected lifespan of just two years, the two satellites that make up
By David Vergun for DoD News, Published by Space War, 13 May 2021 Washington DC (AFNS) - The United States is a spacefaring nation, which depends on access to space and freedom to maneuver in space. However, there's a potential for conflict in space that could affect the lives of
By Fred Kaplan, Published by Slate, 13 May 2021 It’s astonishingly successful. That doesn’t mean it would work for America. Some U.S. officials are pointing to Monday night’s success of Israel’s Iron Dome defenses—which shot down the vast majority of the hundreds of rockets fired from Gaza by Hamas, limiting
By Nathan Strout, Published by C4ISRNET, 12 May 2021 WASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. Space Force wants the new service to take on a new mission: providing tactical satellite imagery to the joint forces. He didn’t explain whether that means the service would try to build its own
By Rocket Lab Monitor, 12 May, 2021 The New Zealand Government is accelerating the militarisation of space with official blessing for the launch of a US military satellite used to this week. The launch is a key enabler of the Joint Warfighting Concept, a new policy describing how the different arms
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 12 May 2021 Raymond: The Space Force and the Air Force are “actively working” on concepts for the deployment of GMTI satellites WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force wants to use small radar satellites to track moving objects on the ground and the Space
By Tara Copp, Published by Defense One, 12 May 2021 Ground Moving Target Indicator satellites would begin to replace decades-old aircraft as the newest service expands its mission set. A few years ago, the Air Force began looking at ways to replace its JSTARS surveillance aircraft, to ensure it could
