(A) Science, Technology and Innovation

By Arthur Herman – Feb. 8, 2026 – Just two years ago, America’s longstanding dominance in space seemed under threat. China had been surging ahead for more than a decade and planned to become the world’s leading space power. …Most troubling: Beijing continues to test and develop antisatellite weapons that could cripple the GPS and other space-based systems on which the U.S. would rely in time of war. …In the past year, however, the energy and vision in the U.S. government has shifted, thanks to the Trump administration and NASA’s new administrator, Jared Isaacman. Meanwhile, Beijing is struggling to keep its space ambitions on track. Read More

The Editorial Board – Feb. 15, 2024… the military threat in space is real and growing. Russia and China are working hard to develop space weapons. A Pentagon official told Congress last year that “Russia has fielded several ground-based lasers that can blind satellite sensors and has a wide range of ground-based electronic warfare systems that can counter the Global Positioning System,” satellite communications, radars, and space-enabled weapons guidance. China “has already fielded ground-based counterspace weapons, including electronic warfare systems, directed energy weapons, and direct-ascent (DA) anti-satellite (ASAT) missiles designed to disrupt, damage, and destroy U.S. satellites,” the same Pentagon official told Congress last year. Read More