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Military leaders and defense industry experts now view space as a critical warfighting domain, focusing on advanced defense systems to protect national assets in orbit.
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin has announced plans for an on-orbit test of a space-based missile interceptor by 2028 as part of the Golden Dome initiative.
A Russian satellite, Cosmos 2553, is under scrutiny by global powers amid fears it could be a platform for an orbiting nuclear weapon system.
US Air Force Secretary Troy Meink stated the U.S. is pushing to maintain control in space, a domain aggressively weaponized by adversaries for two decades.
The U.S. Space Force's secretive X-37B spaceplane is described as a technology testbed, but China and Russia express concerns it could be a military weapon.
