Russia’s development of a space-based nuclear weapons system poses a threat to “the entire modern way of life,” according to a top U.S. general. “It's a completely indiscriminate weapon ...

The 5-year-old U.S. Space Force is moving quickly to confront what is becoming its priority challenge: the threat of ...

The risk is compounded by China’s secret weapon in the space race: America’s own regulatory state. The regulator responsible for this is the Federal Aviation Administration. For too long ...

"Even if we wanted to keep space weapons-free, space is already a domain central to modern military operations." The Pentagon depends on communications and "reconnaissance provided by space." ...

Technically, a space weapon is defined as one which completes at least one full orbit of the earth, so neither of the new weapons actually violates the treaty. Even so, they probably represent ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow is "categorically against" the deployment of nuclear weapons in space. His remarks came during a televised meeting with his defence minister ...

The US and UK have accused Russia of testing a weapon-like projectile in space that could be used to target satellites in orbit. The US State Department described the recent use of "what would ...