Military space news - Spacewar.Com brings you daily news on war in the 21st century - military space news, nuclear weapons, missile defense, missiles, laser weapons. http://www.spacewar.com/index.html Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT en-us BlackSky Technology Inc. and Rocket Lab USA have scheduled the next launch in their ongoing satellite deployment partnership, targeting May 27 for liftoff of BlackSky's second Gen-3 satellite. The mission, titled "Full Stream Ahead," will integrate 35-centimeter resolution imaging into BlackSky's rapidly expanding suite of real-time geospatial intelligence services. Brian O'Toole, CEO of B]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT CAS Space, a commercial aerospace firm under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, launched its Kinetica 1-Y7 solid-propellant rocket on Wednesday, successfully deploying six satellites into space. The rocket lifted off at 12:05 pm local time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. Onboard were three remote-sensing satellites, one radar satellite, a mini weather satellite, ]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT TAU Systems, a pioneer in laser-driven particle acceleration, in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), has been granted an exclusive five-week beam time slot at the Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility. This allocation provides access to the 10-petawatt laser, the most powerful ultrafast laser globally, creating a unique opportunity to advanc]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT Small satellites have redefined access to space, enabling startups, academic teams, and emerging space programs to launch missions once limited to major players. Their low cost, compact size, and rapid development cycles make them ideal for today's fast-moving space sector. However, this democratization comes with a high price: a failure rate nearing 40% over the past two decades, according to N]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT Iran's foreign minister described nuclear talks with the United States as "complicated", following the conclusion of a fifth round of discussions in Rome on Friday. The talks, which began in April, are the highest-level contact between the foes since the United States quit a landmark 2015 nuclear accord during President Donald Trump's first term. Since returning to office, Trump has revi]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT A massive Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv Saturday wounded at least 15 people, just as Russia and Ukraine were in the middle of a major prisoner swap. Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 14 ballistic missiles and 250 attack drones overnight, adding that it downed six missiles and 245 drones. Kyiv was "the main target of the enemy attack", the air force said in a statement. ]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT South Korea has voiced concerns to China over its establishment of a "no-sail zone" in a shared area of the Yellow Sea, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday. The US outlet Newsweek reported Wednesday that China had barred ships from entering certain parts of the Yellow Sea, located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula. According to Newsweek, a regional branch of China's Mari]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT Vice President J.D. Vance on Friday addressed the 1,048 graduates of the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., telling them, "Your country needs you now more than ever." During the ceremony, Marine 2 circled Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, and there was Blue Angels flyover. During the ceremony, Vance, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was deployed to the Iraq War, watched as]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT Two Russian military aircrafts are suspected of having violated Finnish airspace on Friday, Finland's defence ministry said in a statement. The incident had taken place off the coast of Porvoo located in southern Finland some 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the country's capital Helsinki on Friday afternoon. "We take the suspected territorial violation seriously and an investigation is o]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through its paces for cruising high above the California desert - all without ever leaving the ground. "The idea behind these tests is to command the airplane's subsystems and flight computer to function as if it is flying," said Yohan Lin, the X-59's lead avionics]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT Ursa Space Systems, a leader in space-based insights, has partnered with Aireon, a pioneer in space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology, to integrate real-time aircraft tracking into its geospatial analytics platform. This collaboration aims to expand Ursa Space's capabilities, providing comprehensive situational awareness for commercial, defense, and humanitarian]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT Pakistan and India's aviation authorities said on Friday they would extend an airspace ban on each other's airlines, after the worst violence between the nuclear-armed rivals in decades. It comes a month after the deadly April 22 attack on Indian tourists in Kashmir, which sparked a four-day military conflict between India and Pakistan. More than 70 people were killed in missile, drone a]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT A fighter jet roaring through the grey sky breaks the tranquillity of a boreal forest in northern Finland, one more sign of a growing military presence that is challenging the ability of reindeer herders to exercise their livelihood. "Military activity has increased massively here since Finland joined NATO," reindeer herder Kyosti Uutela said on a tour in Rovajarvi, the largest artillery pra]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT Sudan's army-aligned government on Friday denied US allegations that it had used chemical weapons in its war against paramilitary rivals, a day after Washington said it would impose sanctions. The reaction by the government spokesman comes after the United States said on Thursday it had determined that Sudan's military used chemical weapons in the country's bloody civil war last year and wil]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT A retired Myanmar general who formerly served as ambassador to Cambodia was shot dead on Thursday, two military sources said, in an attack claimed by anti-coup fighters. Myanmar's military seized power in a 2021 coup, sparking a civil war pitching it against pro-democracy guerrillas and resurgent ethnic armed groups that have long been active in the Southeast Asian country's fringes. Mos]]> Mon, 26 May 2025 11:49:29 GMT