A measure within the proposed Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) defense budget grounds U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall until he issues an oft-delayed, politically fraught decision on moving the newly-created Space Force’s headquarters from Colorado to Alabama. The stipulation was placed within the draft $874.2 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by House Armed Services…
US Space Force Getting off the Ground Despite Colorado-Alabama HQ Squabble
June 15, 2023
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US Launches First of Hundreds of Missile Defense Satellites Amid Increasing Threat From China, Russia
The U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) successfully launched the first of what will become a planetary constellation comprising hundreds of satellites as America’s first line of defense against enemy missiles. The launches came as the United States steps up its actions to counter threats posed by China and Russia. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took…
US Space Force Generals Work to Counter China’s ‘Maneuverable’ Anti-Satellite Missiles
Protecting U.S. satellites will be one of the major challenges in space warfare, according to top U.S. generals. The primary threats come from potential first strikes by China and Russia, both of which have advanced space capabilities, Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force, told attendees at an April…
Russia Using Space Weapons in Ukraine: US General
Russia is using space weapons in the Ukraine war by jamming GPS signals from American GPS satellites used by Ukraine’s armed forces, according to a leading general in the U.S. Space Force. However, Russia has stopped short of attempting to destroy space hardware, in part because its space capabilities are not fully developed and could…
US Space Vulnerable to Attacks From Russia and China: Author
March 31, 2023
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The U.S. space is vulnerable to attacks from Russia and China, according to Brandon Weichert, author of “Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower.” According to the expert, the U.S. Space Force has no replacement for its cumbersome multi-functioned military satellites. “The problem is, is that the way the Pentagon for 30 to 40 years…
Generals Warn Space, the Final Frontier, Is First Theater of 21St Century Combat
March 14, 2023
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Spaceplanes bristling with weaponry, satellites that capture “space architecture,” directed-energy lasers and electromagnetic shockwaves designed to instantly blind global communications, and missile-test debris fields menacing the congested and contested orbital paths that strap the planet. These are not highlights from an upcoming Sci-Fi Channel TV series but could be part of a History Channel documentary…
US General on Space Race: China, Russia ‘Have Gone to School On Us’
March 14, 2023
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Spaceplanes bristling with weaponry, satellites that capture “space architecture,” directed-energy lasers and electromagnetic shockwaves designed to instantly blind global communications, and missile-test debris fields menacing the congested and contested orbital paths that strap the planet. These are not highlights from an upcoming Sci-Fi Channel TV series but could be part of a History Channel documentary…
China and US Battle for the Moon and Stars
Commentary The terrestrial arms race has morphed into Space Wars as China and the United States race to control the moon, satellite orbits, and Mars. “[China] is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and increasingly the economic, diplomatic, military and technological power to achieve that objective,” Lt. Gen. Nina…
US Space Force Holds War Game to Test Satellite Network Under Attack
PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo.—The United States is testing satellite resiliency to threats from China and Russia miles above the earth’s surface, just weeks after Russia shot down an aging communications satellite. The computer-aided simulations included potential shooting down of U.S. missile-tracking satellites, satellite jamming, and other electronic warfare “effects” that are possible tactics in…
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