The US military may soon declassify a secret space weapon
WEBAug 23, 2021 · US military officials are debating whether to publicly demonstrate a new space weapon capability, according to the online publication Breaking Defense.
Exclusive: Pentagon Poised To Unveil, Demonstrate Classified Space ...
WEBAug 20, 2021 · WASHINGTON: For months, top officials at the Defense Department have been working toward declassifying the existence of a secret space weapon program and providing a real-world demonstration of...
What Is the U.S. Air Force's Secret New Space Weapon? - Popular Mechanics
WEBSep 7, 2021 · The U.S. Air Force has a top-secret space weapon and is preparing to show it to the world. For months, the service has been preparing to declassify the "black" weapon, but wants to get the timing...
Does the US have space-based weapons? They sure do - We Are …
WEBOct 3, 2023 · In a time when the battlefield is ever-changing, America’s military is looking beyond the horizon, embracing the future with Space-Based Defense Systems. This isn’t the stuff of science fiction, but a reality that puts our nation at …
TP-82 - Wikipedia
WEBThe TP-82 (Russian: ТП-82) is an out-of-service triple-barreled Soviet combination gun carried by cosmonauts on space missions. It was intended as a survival aid to be used after landings and before recovery in the Siberian wilderness.
Space gun - Wikipedia
WEBA space gun, sometimes called a Verne gun because of its appearance in From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, is a method of launching an object into space using a large gun- or cannon-like structure. Space guns could thus potentially provide a method of non-rocket spacelaunch.
Space weapon - Wikipedia
WEBSpace weapons are weapons used in space warfare. They include weapons that can attack space systems in orbit (for example, anti-satellite weapons), attack targets on the earth from space or disable missiles travelling through space.
Orbiting Railgun | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBInstead of using explosive power to propel projectile, electromagnetic guns and launchers generate brief but powerful electrical pulses that in turn produce strong electromagnetic forces that accelerate projectiles to extremely high velocities.
US Space Weapons: From Rail Guns to the ‘Rod From God’
WEBNov 23, 2021 · Though the US military has researched space-based weapons, the US maintains its participation in the Outer Space Treaty, an international arms agreement barring weapons of mass destruction from orbit.
A History of Space Guns From Isaac Newton to Nazis in Paris
WEBJun 14, 2016 · Here’s a short history of the space gun and all those futile efforts to launch things up into space sans rockets. 1728: Isaac Newton Invents the Space Gun The first man to consider...