Hacker News with Generative AI: Space Force

Space Force Commander Greenland Sent Out Email Breaking with Vance After Visit (military.com)
Just days after Vice President JD Vance's March visit to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, the installation commander sent out an email to the base distancing it from Vance’s criticism of Denmark and its oversight of the territory, Military.com has learned.
The reasons SpaceX won nearly all recent military launch contracts (arstechnica.com)
In the last week, the US Space Force awarded SpaceX a $5.9 billion deal to make Elon Musk's space company the Pentagon's leading launch provider, and then it assigned the vast majority of this year's most lucrative launch contracts to SpaceX.
Space Force wants six kinds of space weapons–including anti-satellite lasers (arstechnica.com)
DENVER—The US Space Force lacks the full range of space weapons China and Russia are adding to their arsenals, and military leaders say it's time to close the gap.
Five Chinese satellites practiced 'dogfighting' in space, Space Force says (breakingdefense.com)
US “near peer” adversaries are “practicing dogfighting” in space to simulate orbital combat in yet another step up their wide-ranging effort to develop capabilities to deny, disrupt, degrade and/or destroy US space capabilities, the Space Force’s second in command warned today.
ULA's Vulcan rocket still doesn't have the Space Force's seal of approval (arstechnica.com)
With a Space Force review still ongoing, ULA is removing its next Vulcan rocket from the launch pad.
New US Space Force jammers aim to disrupt China's SATCOM signals (defensenews.com)
The U.S. Space Force is on track to field its first batch of a new ground-based satellite communications jammer in the coming months — designed to disrupt signals from enemy spacecraft.
US Space Force warns of "mind-boggling" build-up of Chinese capabilities (arstechnica.com)
The chief of the US Space Force has warned that China is putting military capabilities into space at a “mind-boggling” pace, significantly increasing the risk of warfare in orbit.
US Space Force warns of "mind-boggling" build-up of Chinese capabilities (arstechnica.com)
The chief of the US Space Force has warned that China is putting military capabilities into space at a “mind-boggling” pace, significantly increasing the risk of warfare in orbit.
US Space Force warns of 'mind-boggling' build-up of Chinese capabilities (ft.com)