Military Space
Military space news from Cosmic Herald — Space Force, satellite warfare, GPS, missile warning, and the growing role of space in national defense.
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Military Space
GPS jamming and spoofing: the quiet threat that's getting louder
GPS signals are extraordinarily weak and easy to jam. Military and civilian aircraft across the Middle East, Baltic, and Black Sea regions are routinely encountering jamming and spoofing that sends their navigation systems to completely wrong locations. The problem is growing.
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Military Space
Space is already a battlefield. Ukraine showed us what that looks like.
The war in Ukraine has been the first large-scale test of satellite capabilities in peer conflict. GPS jamming, Starlink dependence, reconnaissance satellites, and Russian anti-satellite threats have all featured — and the lessons are reshaping military space doctrine worldwide.
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Military Space
The Space Force is quietly replacing its aging satellite backbone. Here's what's new.
GPS III, Next Gen OPIR missile warning satellites, and the Evolved Strategic SATCOM program are replacing Cold War-era systems that have been showing their age. The upgrades are designed to survive a contested space environment that didn't exist when the original satellites were built.
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Military Space
What the Space Force actually does — and why it matters more than most people realize
The US Space Force is the world's first independent space military branch. Its missions — protecting GPS satellites, tracking debris, watching for missile launches — are largely invisible but underpin nearly every aspect of modern warfare and daily civilian life.
