“Whoever gets new technology into the hands of their Armed Forces the quickest will win”, writes Defence Secretary John Healey in his foreword to the government's new Strategic Defence Review (SDR).  This is presumably meant to be encouraging and reassuring to the public, but to anyone who knows the slightest thing about military technology it […]

Quietly and without public discussion, the UK is expanding its military space capabilities. But with what mandate? Billions in public money is being spent on military space programs – while urgent social and environmental needs go ignored. In this eight minute video which you can watch below, we show the truth about: ✅ The UK’s […]

Space Watch UK has produced a simple 4-page A4 resource explaining the militarisation of space.  Aimed as a free giveaway for local groups, the primer gives an overview of what is happening, outlines the main UK military space programmes, has a detailed UK map of current military space sites, and sets out why we oppose […]

Deep contradictions in Scottish Government policies on the development of spaceports have been exposed as plans to develop a launch site in Sutherland floundered just days after construction work at a second proposed site in the Western Isles commenced. In a surprise announcement, rocket launch company Orbex has revealed that it has decided to "pause" […]