Seems like there are all kinds of necessary reasons to have a Space Force these days. The Final Frontier seems to be where everyone wants to go…
Pentagon Intelligence Chief: Russia And China Will Have Weapons in Space ‘In the Near Future’
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The Defense Intelligence Agency’s director says the U.S. lead in space is diminishing and tomorrow’s skies will be filled with enemy robot satellites.
Russia and China are developing new space-based weapons and they’ll be ready “in the near future,” Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said Tuesday at the Defense One Technology Summit in Washington, D.C.
The countries, which Ashley called “competitors,” are developing “the ability to interdict satellites both from a ground standpoint and from a space standpoint,” he said. “The technology is being developed right now. It is coming in the near future.”
It was the most overt admission yet from an intelligence leader that Russia and China were rapidly seeking to weaponize space. But a February report from the Office of the Director of Intelligence also hinted at it.
“Russia and China continue to launch ‘experimental’ satellites that conduct sophisticated on-orbit activities, at least some of which are intended to advance counterspace capabilities,” the report said. “Some technologies with peaceful applications—such as satellite inspection, refueling, and repair—can also be used against adversary spacecraft.”
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/06/pentagon-intelligence-chief-russia-and-china-will-have-weapons-space-near-future/149335/?oref=d-channelriver
Russian scientist and businessman Igor Ashurbeyli (pictured centre) was inaugurated as the first 'head of nation' of Asgardia. Pictured left, British MP Lembit Opik and right, Yun Zhao
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'The first space kingdom has been born': Billionaire swears himself in as the head of utopian space kingdom that plans to attract 150m citizens, join the UN and colonise the galaxy in 'arks'
Igor Ashurbeyli has been inaugurated as the first 'head of nation' of Asgardia
He was sworn in at a lavish ceremony in Vienna's Hofburg Palace on Monday
Ashurbeyli has been the driving force behind the concept of a space nation
Asgardia's citizens now number some 200,000 across the world, he says.
A Russian billionaire has been sworn in as the head of a utopian 'space kingdom' that plans to attract 150 million citizens and colonise the galaxy in arks.
Some 200 attendees inaugurated Igor Ashurbeyli as the first 'head of nation' of Asgardia, named after a realm in Norse mythology, at a lavish ceremony in Vienna's Hofburg Palace on Monday.
Ashurbeyli, a Russian-Azerbaijani scientist and businessman, has been the driving force behind the concept, announcing the creation of Asgardia two years ago.
According to Ashurbeyli, Asgardia's citizens now number some 200,000 across the world, drawn by a vision of 'space politics' over geopolitics.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5886365/Billionaire-swears-head-utopian-space-kingdom.html