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The Trump Self-Defense Doctrine for the New Space Era

June 07, 2018 | Article

A new space era is dawning and will be upon us by the early 2020s.
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DARPA to Begin New Effort to Build Military Constellations in Low-Earth Orbit

June 02, 2018 | Article

Laying a path for the military to transition from huge satellites in geostationary earth orbit to constellations of smaller platforms in LEO has been a longtime pursuit at DARPA.
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Space Force? Create a 'Space Guard' Instead, Some Argue

June 02, 2018 | Article

As the White House and Congress debate whether to establish a "Space Force" within the Defense Department, some believe a more effective approach is to develop an organization analogous to the Coast Guard.
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Defense Department Turning Over Space Traffic Control to Commerce, But Details Unclear

May 26, 2018 | Article

DoD has deep expertise in "space situational awareness," or SSA, whereas Commerce faces a steep learning curve.
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Here's What We Know About Russia's Hypersonic Waverider Weapon

May 25, 2018 | Article

Warnings of a Russian hypersonic weapon that the U.S. can't defend against may have had you running for the bomb shelter last week. But what, exactly, is this weapon, and how does it work?
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Missile-Tracking Satellites Are Part of the Plan to Foil Russia's Hypersonic Weapons

May 23, 2018 | Article

Russia reportedly is testing hypersonic ballistic glider weapons that currently would be undetectable after the initial boost phase of their flight.
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Trump Teases 'Space Force' Idea Again for US Military

May 02, 2018 | Article

At a ceremony Tuesday (May 1) honoring the Army Black Knights college football team, Trump again floated the possibility of creating a branch of the United States military dedicated to securing American supremacy in space.
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Can We Prevent War in Space? These Guidelines May Help.

May 02, 2018 | Article

Legal experts are now developing a manual on how Earthbound laws might apply to wars in outer space, in the hope of deterring such conflicts from happening.
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XS-1: DARPA's Experimental Spaceplane

April 27, 2018 | Reference

The XS-1 is a space plane under development by the U.S. military's high-tech agency, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
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Proton Launches Russian Military Communications Satellite

April 21, 2018 | Article

Russia's Proton rocket launched for the first time this year April 18 with a military communications satellite for the federation's ministry of defense.
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