Tag: space war
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DARPA Developing Hypersonic Plane
from blacklistednews.com: The United States military is making progress toward developing a new unmanned space plane, which it aims to begin flight-testing in 2017. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to award the first design contracts for the vehicle project — known as Experimental Spaceplane, or XS-1 — in May or thereabouts, officials…
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Outer space demilitarization agreement threatened by new technologies
from rawstory.com: Security experts warn weaknesses in treaties and exploitation of GPS are compromising the prohibition against space weapons. Developments in satellite technologies and cyber-warfare are threatening the internationally agreed demilitarization of outer space, according to legal and security experts. Weaknesses in existing treaties and military exploitation of GPS location systems are compromising the prohibition…
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Space Junk: Vanguard 1
Debris in space is a growing concern. Space Junk has made a necessity of cataloging space objects, the launch of a surveillance satellite, and will result in more near earth collisions.