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When the US Army Wanted to Build a Moon Base

Project Horizon was shuttered due to cost overruns. Had it succeeded, it would have militarized the lunar surface as well as ...
War has a funny way of turning wild ideas into serious government projects. In the chaos of World War II and the paranoia of ...
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The Pentagon’s Insane Plan to Nuke the Moon

Soviet success with Sputnik initially prompted the US military to consider the detonation of a nuclear weapon on the moon’s surface.
USAF taps Oklo for military's first nuclear micro-reactor in Alaska By David Szondy June 22, 2025 Artist's concept of demonstrator micro-reactor installation ...
Project ULTRA launches weekly drone cargo flights between Grand Forks AFB and Cavalier Space Force, gets a $100 million contract expansion.
The facility will rise inside Naval Detachment Oyster Bay, a remote AFP logistics hub in Ulugan Bay that supports resupply ...
Leading the review has been Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, who has previously ...