Matthew Powell

Matthew Powell

Teaching Fellow in Strategic and Air Power Studies, University of Portsmouth

I am an air power historian interested in the development of tactical air power, the relationship between air forces and the aviation industry and air power and strategy. I have published widely on the development of tactical air power in the Royal Air Force in the Second World War and the efforts of the Air Ministry to rationalise and improve the capabilities of the British aviation industry during the inter-war period.

Articles by: Matthew Powell

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Russia's space weapon: How anti-satellite nuclear weapons could lead to utter chaos in orbit

By Matthew Powell, Dafydd Townley published

Reports that Russia may be developing an anti-satellite nuclear weapon have many rightfully alarmed. Here's why this type of technology is a danger to space exploration at large.