Space Jam: UK debuts space squadron to protect satellites
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); According to the MoD, the existing No. II Space Warning Squadron give the RAF the ability to watch and warn of threats in space, but the latest unit will have the ability to act against those threats. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/c'); }); How, you might ask, given the UK has limited launch facilities and no anti-satellite missile systems, as far as we are aware?
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| Publication time | Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:08:00 +0200 |
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