Hypersonic Weapons and the Case for a Space Tracking Layer
Given the curvature of the Earth, as well as the speed, altitude, and maneuverability of hypersonics, the only way to provide coverage is to place sensors in orbit around the Earth.
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Defense Technology Monitor No. 59
A step forward for sensor technology;
China's mobile-launched suicide drone swarms;
Modeling nuclear fusion;
Pentagon borrows from beetles
Defense Technology Monitor No. 58
Robot dogs may be a soldier's best friend;
"Smart" bullet destroys cruise missile;
3-D printing neural implants;
Directed energy could advance hypersonic weapons;
Ghost fleet sub hunters?
Mapping vital US interests beyond Earth orbit
[T]he Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed earlier this Fall between NASA and the U.S. Space Force represents a major forward step in comprehensive national spacepower.
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Crisis and Opportunity in the Americas
Weathering the Pandemic in the Arab World
Sputnik-V’s Failure to Launch
Summer of COVID: How East Asia Has Coped
The Emerging Anti-China Consensus