British air force announces new military unit to defend satellites

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2026-09-23

London (PA Media/dpa) - The United Kingdom's enemies are posing an increasing threat in space, the head of the Royal Air Force (RAF) warned as he announced a new military unit tasked with defending satellites. Speaking at the UK Space Power Conference in London on Wednesday, Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth said space had "become a warfighting domain whether we like that or not". He pointed to recent Russian behaviour, including "dangerous" manoeuvre......

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