Even as the United States plans a high-profile shoot-down of a wayward satellite, a new report shows Russia, China and others are gaining space market share -- aided by a U.S. policy that some say has misfired.
The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it was setting up what could become a new four-star command to fight in cyberspace, where officials say the United States has already come under attack from China among others.
The Air Force's new top commander for space predicted on future attacks on U.S. satellites and called for greatly expanded tracking and identification of payloads launched by other countries.
North Korea could flight test at any time a ballistic missile potentially capable of reaching parts of the United States with a nuclear-weapon-sized payload, according to the State Department's top arms control official.
The U.S. Air Force quietly has put into service a new weapon designed to jam enemy satellite communications, a significant step toward U.S. control of space.
An independent review of the multibillion-dollar U.S. ballistic missile shield due to start operating by Sept. 30 finds that it is technically incapable of shooting down any incoming warheads.
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The proposed US defense budget for 2005 shows a clear path towards space-based missile interceptors which could also be used to attack satellites.
The U.S. military has been working on tools that could wreak electronic havoc on countries accused of harboring terrorists as well as on ways of defending global networks against cyberattack.
The United States has set up two Air Force squadrons in anticipation of having to defend against attacks on commercial satellites and other spacecraft, according to the deputy commander in chief of the U.S. Space Command.
Army Lt. Gen. James King, head of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), told a panel that the intelligence community will increasingly rely on private companies to take close-up pictures from space, concentrating its own multibillion-dollar satellite systems on targets vital to national security.