Does the US have space-based weapons? They sure do - We Are …
Oct 3, 2023 · In essence, SBIRS acts as the first line of defense, a watchtower for liberty that keeps America and its allies one step ahead of potential aggressors. The Sentinel Network, the SSN, and SBIRS represent a triad of capabilities that set …
Official Details Space-Based Threats and U.S. Countermeasures
Apr 26, 2023 · China has already fielded ground-based counterspace weapons and it continues to seek new methods to hold U.S. satellites at risk. China is building a space architecture that enables its military...
The US military is now talking openly about going on the attack in space
Dec 13, 2024 · This week, Saltzman laid out the military's view of offensive weapons in space in perhaps the plainest language yet. “Space is a war-fighting domain," Saltzman said at the Space Force ...
Focused on the Threat: Kinetic Energy Weapons (Part 4 of 6)
Sep 23, 2024 · Part four of this six-part series focuses on kinetic energy weapons. A kinetic energy weapon is designed to destroy space assets, either by an intentional collision or by using warheads to destroy them.
Weaponizing Space | Air & Space Forces Magazine - Air Force …
Nov 1, 2024 · Offensive weapons to hold adversaries’ space systems at risk are top priorities for both the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command, leaders made clear at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference in September.
Focused on the Threat: Directed Energy Weapons (Part 3 of 6)
Sep 20, 2024 · El Segundo, CA -- Once upon a time it was the stuff of science fiction: lasers in space so powerful they could blind satellites sending GPS and other signals to earth. Today, directed energy weapons are very real and can be used to …
Pentagon Leaders Emphasize ‘Responsible’ Options for Countering Space …
Jul 24, 2023 · The tension between maintaining a space domain critical to both U.S. military operations and the global economy and countering the aggressive development of offensive space weapons by China and Russia, has led SPACECOM to emphasize nonkinetic responses.
Army and Navy Successfully Test Conventional Hypersonic Missile > U.S …
Dec 12, 2024 · The U.S. Army's Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office recently completed a successful end-to-end flight test of a conventional hypersonic missile from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,
Embracing a new US Space Force Generational Model - United States Space ...
Jul 1, 2024 · Both nations are also developing and fielding on-orbit counter-space weapons and intelligence and surveillance systems to find, fix, track, and target U.S. forces.
U.S. military launches Dark Eagle hypersonic missile from Cape …
Dec 12, 2024 · U.S. military: Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon In February 2023, the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force deployed the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon system more than 3,100 miles cross-country from Joint Base ...