For the first time in two decades, the United Kingdom has resumed production of large-calibre weapons, the British government announced. Manufacturing has begun at Rheinmetall UK’s new facility in Telford, Shropshire, as part of a plan to rapidly strengthen domestic defence capabilities amid a growing security threat. The 11,500-square-metre “Gun...
US officially confirms deployment of weapons in space for the first time
The United States has publicly acknowledged for the first time that it has placed weapons systems in near-Earth orbit. U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink made the statement on September 14 at the Air, Space & Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. According to Meink, the systems are...