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Space Force shows weapons used in Iran and Venezuela

Wall Street Journal reporter Shelby Holliday toured a Colorado base where officials described electromagnetic-warfare systems now central to U.S. military operations worldwide; the weapons themselves stayed invisible.

On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on BBN Newsroom
Published 1:02 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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First reported by WSJ: “The Space Force Showed Us Its Weapons Used in Iran and Venezuela”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 1:02 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Venezuela, Iran, US.
BBN covered this story before: Iran reportedly shifting tactics to hit shipping harder before US vote (October 14).

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WSJThe Space Force Showed Us Its Weapons Used in Iran and Venezuela

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Space Force has opened up about electromagnetic warfare systems used in recent operations involving Iran and Venezuela.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Journal's Shelby Holliday visited a base in Colorado, where officials described systems that interfere with enemy communications and signals, and that are now central to American military operations around the world.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo they jam things. From space.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFrom the ground, mostly, and the effect is felt in space and beyond.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Journal says the Space Force wants the public to understand how much of modern warfare now happens on frequencies nobody can see.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe disclosure comes as tensions stay high in the Gulf.

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