The author warns that a single Iranian nuclear missile could be strategically launched over a dense population and economic center in a way that would devastate the U.S. economically and strategically. He argues for multi-layered space-based missile defense as the most robust solution.

Congress voted recently to approve $5 million for a study of space-based missile defenses, the first time the development of space weapons will be considered since similar work was canceled in the 1990s.

Aviation Week and Space Technology reports on a top-secret military space plane project that was recently shelved. The project, code-named "Blackstar", was a two-stage-to-orbit spaceplane system designed in the 1980s for reconnaissance, satellite-insertion and, possibly, weapons delivery.

Last-minute overview of the differences between Bush and Kerry on the issue of space weapons and space-based missile defense.

A U.S. Defense Department report says tests of space-based missile interceptors that could take place beginning in 2012 will create debris that could threaten the international space station, space shuttles and satellites in low Earth orbit.

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The author examines the political debate over whether the U.S. missile defense system will lead to the "weaponization of outer space".

More than two decades after President Ronald Reagan set a goal of developing a space-based missile defense, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency is planning for an early 2006 test that could produce the first intercept of a target using a kill vehicle launched from space, according to Defense Department officials.

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 author argues that U.S. plans for missile defense are simply a cover for destabilizing plans to weaponize outer space.

The United States is exploring concepts for basing missile interceptors in space with the objective of beginning deployment of three to five armed satellites for testing purposes as early as 2008, according to recent Pentagon briefings and statements.