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Inside NTS-3: The Satellite Aiming to Reinvent GPS

OPINION — “The need for accurate and uninterrupted PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing) has never been more essential to our warfighters who [...] More

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Could Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Lead to Nuclear Weapons in Space?  

OPINION — “The only time I can think of any history of the United States where we have gone after something this complex [President Trump’s “Golden [...] More

U.S. Mission in Space: Maintaining Credibility to Deter

OPINION — “Space is a warfighting domain. Therefore, the Space Force cannot simply be a support element. It is our job to contest and control the [...] More

In Washington, Fears of Russian Nukes In Space

OPINION — “The most important domain is space. Space is the critical domain because it enables all terrestrial advantage. And that’s what leads to [...] More

When U.S-China Competition Reaches Outer Space   

When U.S-China Competition Reaches Outer Space   

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — A race for control of space is underway, and just as on earth, the U.S. and China are the top competitors. [...] More

Training for a Combat Ready Force in Space

OPINION — “We used to fly satellites a long time on orbit. We weren’t thinking about combat attrition. Likewise, we weren’t thinking about space [...] More

Chinese and Russian Space Pursuits Are Picking Allied Pockets

OPINION — India’s breakthrough lunar landing showed that our free world economies are in an age of healthy research, experimentation, and growth with [...] More

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Advantage in Space is Mission Critical

OPINION — “Operations to deny adversary hostile use of space could originate in any domain and target on-orbit, ground, cyber, and/or link segments [...] More

A Journey Through Space Command

OPINION — “The DoD [Department of Defense] seeks to accelerate space-relevant technology development across the commercial space enterprise through [...] More

What the American Public Should Know about UFOs

What the American Public Should Know about UFOs

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – A retired Air Force Intelligence Officer turned whistleblower testified before a House Oversight Committee on Wednesday that [...] More

The Only Thing Worse than Bringing a Knife to a Gunfight

OPINION — This spring, a delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives visited Taiwan – both as a show of solidarity and to develop responses to [...] More

China's Information Operations Are Heating Up

OPINION — “China views psychological warfare, centered on the manipulation of information to influence adversary decision-making and behavior, as one [...] More

Seven Critical Technologies for Winning the Next War

OPINION / ANALYSIS — The world is speeding up. Adversaries such as China are seeking to remake global power structures and compete with the United [...] More