Posted by Matt in April 28th, 2008 |
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Now it seems that the immediate impact of a space war, at least on the US military, would be limited. “We have built up such high redundancy to space assets that we’re almost invulnerable,” says Geoff Forden of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who assessed the risk posed by China to the US. He found [...]
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Posted by Matt in April 14th, 2008 |
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When the United States recently shot apart a crippled spy satellite over the Pacific Ocean, it also tested an offensive anti-satellite weapon and the potential for ballistic missile defense. “The shot,” as the Pentagon called the $100 million operation conducted on February 20, came immediately after Russia and China put forward a detailed, but flawed, [...]
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