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Analysis: Pentagon lays out golden rule for satellites, treaty should follow | Tom Roeder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a Pentagon memo released in July, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the military to play nice in space. The memo changes nothing for the American military, which has managed satellite constellations for generations. But it does send a clear American message to allies, rivals…
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Analysis: Pentagon lays out golden rule for satellites, treaty should follow | Tom Roeder
In a Pentagon memo released in July, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the military to play nice in space. The memo changes nothing for the American military, which has managed satellite constellations for generations. But it does send a clear American message to allies, rivals and the vast crowd of commercial enterprises elbowing their way…
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Analysis: Congress wary of Space Force spending | Tom Roeder
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The nation’s newest service is beset with old problems that slow the fielding of new gear and carve big holes in even the Pentagon’s massive budget, the House Armed Services Committee warned in a memo this month. The committee sent that message in a memorandum…
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Analysis: Congress wary of Space Force spending | Tom Roeder
The nation’s newest service is beset with old problems that slow the fielding of new gear and carve big holes in even the Pentagon’s massive budget, the House Armed Services Committee warned in a memo this month. The committee sent that message in a memorandum accompanying its version of the Defense Department budget. The committee,…
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Analysis: Readiness report offers troubling assessment as military spending shrinks | Tom Roeder
America is ready to fight on the ground, but a report from the Government Accountability Office this month offers a worrying assessment of the military’s preparedness everywhere else. The report found that “mission readiness” dropped from 2017 to 2019 for air, sea, cyber and space forces. Why that readiness went down isn’t clear in the…
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Conspiracy theory claims Schriever Air Force Base home to mind control, torture system
Schriever Air Force Base on the plains east of Colorado Springs has always been a place of mystery. Home to the 50th Space Wing, which controls satellites including the Global Positioning System, Schriever has been dubbed “Area 52” and “The Place the Air Force Goes When it Wants to be Alone.” But according to a…
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Conspiracy theory claims Schriever Air Force Base home to mind control, torture system
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Schriever Air Force Base on the plains east of Colorado Springs has always been a place of mystery. Home to the 50th Space Wing, which controls satellites including the Global Positioning System, Schriever has been dubbed “Area 52” and “The Place the Air Force Goes…
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U.S. military can’t afford to lose future arms race, defense officials say in Aspen
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ASPEN • Soldiers will have killer robots, lasers and warp-speed missiles with enough range that the Army could take out enemy navies under a plan outlined Saturday by Army Secretary Mark Esper. Esper told a crowd on the final day of the Aspen Security Forum…
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New space warfare headquarters starts mission this week
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new Air Force Space Command headquarters for space warfare will get its start in California this week with a ceremony to mark its establishment. The new Combined Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base will replace an old unit with “joint” in its…
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The High Ground: Portly soldiers beware, a new PT test is coming
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Soldiers may need to spend a few extra minutes at a gym over the next two years as the Army prepares to roll out the first remake of the service’s physical fitness test in 40 years. This month, the Army announced that starting Oct. 1,…