Effort to Shoot Down Satellite Could Inform Military Strategy
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The Bush administration's attempt to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite as early as this evening will help the military advance its anti-missile and anti-satellite planning and technology, according to space weapons experts and analysts. Both fields are of high interest to the military an...
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Despite cautionary notes from space security veterans, the Pentagon is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March.
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China's use of a ground-based  missile to destroy a satellite last month should spur debate  about putting U.S. interceptor missiles in space, the head of  the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said Monday.
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Navy will try an unprecedented shoot-down of an out-of-control satellite expected to crash to Earth.
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Firing a missile to destroy a stricken space vehicle averts potential risk to people  -  and eliminates any danger of its falling into the wrong hands
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The United States must make clear to  China it intends to defend its space assets and enlist allies  to counter possible threats from China, which recently tested  an anti-satellite missile, U.S. lawmakers said on Thursday.
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Military opt to act...now crash imminent over US The US military is putting into effect contingency plans to deal with the possibility that a large spy satellite expected to fall to Earth in late February or early March could actually hit North America.â¦
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Officials are mulling a new, long-term strategy that shifts military focus from large-scale warfare to fighting terrorism, low-tech guerrilla wars and less conventional threats.
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The U.S. military on Saturday  launched a five-day war game to see how space-based assets such  as satellite communications and precision bomb guidance systems  would fare in a hypothetical war against terrorism in 2020.
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China is concerned by U.S. plans to shoot down an ailing spy satellite and is considering what "preventative measures" to take, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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The U.S. military on Saturday launched a five-day war game to see how space-based assets such as satellite communications and precision bomb guidance systems would fare in a hypothetical war against terrorism in 2020.
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Â· President tells of new generation of weaponsÂ· 'Grandiose' plan to combat US missile shield
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By Greg Autry  China recently shot down an aging Chinese weather satellite  --  a signal that China will not abide by the doctrine of U.S. space superiority outlined in the new National Space Policy released in October by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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The government says it will shoot down a dead spy satellite to protect public safety. But there's little real risk
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The Pentagon says it has to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite because of the threat of a toxic gas cloud. Space security experts are calling the rationale "comedic gold."
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The US military has been quietly working on an array of defenses against attacks on its satellites, including tiny new satellites that could one day be armed for wars in space, analysts say.
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Military officials laid out a plan to shoot down a spy satellite before it tumbles to Earth carrying toxic fuel.