Reusable rockets enable China to rapidly rebuild satellite kill chain
China has achieved two major reusable rocket recovery milestones in little more than a month, potentially bringing the…
US Space Force, Japan launch sensor to bolster space surveillance above Indo-Pacific
A U.S. Space Force Space Domain Awareness payload launched successfully Aug. 10 aboard Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 7, or…
Top U.S. admiral warns against coercion, says no nation will dominate Indo-Pacific
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The head of U.S. Pacific Command said Monday that coercive actions by China and other actors…
US weighs offensive space tactics as China satellite rivalry intensifies
The US is preparing offensive weapons to blind China’s military satellites in any future conflict, even as the…
An Inconvenient Reality: Climate-Preparedness Cuts Are Lethality Cuts
In 2019, the Missouri River flooded at historically high levels and damaged 137 facilities, destroyed 1.2 million square…
Multinational Forces Validate Defensive Readiness During Exercise Balikatan 2026 > U.S. Department of War > Defense Department News
Over 500 service members from the United States, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand successfully coordinated fires from land…
Closing the Air and Missile Defense Gap in the Indo-Pacific
During last summer’s 12-day war between Iran, Israel, and the United States, the U.S. military supported Israeli air…
Washington offers US$200 million to boost American smartphone industry in Indo-Pacific
The US State Department will subsidise companies to roll out cheap smartphones running American software in the Indo-Pacific…
The United States as the Indo-Pacific’s Self-Appointed Maritime Police
On September 23, the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the Department of State published the…
Australian Space Command considers ‘space control’ options: Senior officer
WASHINGTON — With the Australian Department of Defence working on an update to its 2024 National Defence Strategy,…