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Space Force

US intelligence warns about Russia wanting nuclear weapons in space

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Weapons

US Space Force insignia

Space Force: Fact or fiction?

By Kaitlyn Johnson | Disruptive Technologies

artist's conception of moon base

Interview: Rob Latiff on the worsening international security situation in space

By John Mecklin | Disruptive Technologies, Technology and Security

During a visit to the Kennedy Space Center last month, Vice President Mike Pence said the administration is working with Congress to turn the US Space Command into a Space Force—the nation’s sixth branch of the armed forces. Credit: NASA/Twitter

Trump’s Space Force is a strategic mistake

By Gregory Niguidula | Disruptive Technologies, Voices of Tomorrow

satellite in space

Space Force: Lost in space?

By Lawrence J. Korb | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

satellites over Earth

Poll: The public and Washington don’t share the same space priorities

By Dan Drollette Jr | What We’re Reading