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U.S. national defense strategy pivots to homeland and Western Hemisphere, downplays China

The Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy marks a strategic shift, elevating defense of the homeland and Western Hemisphere as the military’s top priority while deemphasizing China as the principal threat. The guidance signals service-level changes — including a new USAF deployment concept and Space Force requests for more personnel.

Also: AirForceTimes and Defense One
2026-01-27T01:14:03.596055-08:00
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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

Korea’s Hanwha Systems to Explore Collaboration with Telesat and MDA Space on K-LEO Constellation

By Via Satellite: Canadian space companies Telesat and MDA Space announced separate MoU’s with Korean tech company Hanwha Systems to explore collaboration with Korea's plans for a sovereign Low-Earth Orbit defense constellation, K-LEO.

Also: SpaceNews.com, SpaceQ and Skies Magazine
2026-01-26T12:49:36.787103-08:00