Space Force looks to bulk up against anti-satellite weapons
The five-year-old U.S. Space Force is moving quickly to confront what is becoming a priority: anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) threats from foreign adversaries, including Russia and China. The Space Force is building a space defense architecture to help modernize the Space Surveillance Network (SSN), which monitors objects and potential threats in space. This comes as the […]
US says Russia launched antisatellite weapon into space; Moscow shrugs off ‘fake news’
A senior Russian official on Wednesday rejected as “fake news” a US claim that Russia had launched a weapon into low Earth orbit that could attack other satellites. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said a day earlier that the Kremlin launched a satellite last week that was assessed as “likely an anti-space weapon capable […]