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Article: The Race to Control Space.(United States aggression)(Brief Article)
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- The Other Side
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
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"THE WAY A NATION MAKES WEALTH IS the way it makes war. Space is critical to both military and economic instruments of power--the main sources of national strength. We see space as an emerging area of vital national interest." This uncompromising quote comes directly from Vision for 2020, the Pentagon's long-range plan for controlling and dominating space over the next two decades.
Professionally packaged and filled with colorful photographs and charts, The United States Space Command's Vision for 2020 booklet is available to the public. Under the pretext of protecting democracy, the plan defines control of space as the ability to assure U.S. access and freedom ...