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Article: Waging war in the heavens: profit and power go hand in hand as the U.S. gears up to spread its military influence to vet another vast region--outer space.(National Affairs)
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- USA TODAY
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- November 1, 2006
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AS RESEARCH ON SPACE weaponization reaches into the billions of dollars, and the first deployment of national missile defense has taken place in Vanderburg Air Force Base, Calif., and Ft. Greeley, Alaska, it is time to put these issues before the public. What exists is the possibility of a worldwide arms race in outer space and the expenditure of trillions of dollars to arm space and deploy a national missile defense system capable of dealing not only with rogue states such as Iran and North Korea, but more substantial potential opponents like China or even the Russian Federation. Whatever the merits of space weaponization and national missile defense, these programs need ...
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