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Active Defenses could Defend Satellites Against Attack (3536)

Countries can use active defenses like decoys or defensive satellites to protect their space assets from attack.
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Active Defenses are Not Viable meants to Protect Satellites from Attack (3537)

Current technologies are not sophisticated enough to allow satellite operators to rely on active defenses to protect their satellites.
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Venture to Build Military Satellites -- Andy Pasztor -- Wall Street Journal -- July 1, 2009
A clutch of former Pentagon brass is helping to start a company that offers a new service: satellites intended solely for military communications that would be built, launched and owned by private investors. [ Quotes (0) ] [ Comments (0) ]
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The New Race for the Moon -- Michio Kaku -- Wall Street Journal -- June 24, 2009
Michio Kaku surveys the growing number nations planning competing missions to the moon (including Japan, China, India, and the U.S.) and argues that the growing lunar competition should motivate a re-examination of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty "before national rivalries and tensions heat up as we approach 2020." [ Quotes (0) ] [ Comments (0) ]
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Russia to Give 'Asymmetric' Answer to Possible U.S. Space Militarization -- China View -- June 17, 2009
Russia will give an "absolutely asymmetric" answer to the possible militarization of space by the United States rather than responding with their own space weapons according to Russian Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin. [ Quotes (0) ] [ Comments (0) ]
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Russia Hopes "Down-to-Earth" Obama Drops Star Wars -- Reuters -- June 17, 2009
Russia hopes U.S. President Barack Obama will not pursue his predecessor's plan to deploy weapons in space but Moscow is ready to respond appropriately to any such moves, according to a senior Russian general. [ Quotes (0) ] [ Comments (0) ]
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U.S. may be Within North Korea's Missile Range in 3 Years -- Julian E. Barnes -- Los Angeles Times -- June 16, 2009
North Korea may be capable of hitting West Coast cities with its missiles within three years, according to Marine Gen. James Cartwright, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but is unlikely to be able to deliver a nuclear warhead in that time frame. [ Quotes (0) ] [ Comments (0) ]
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Space Forecast Predicts Satellite Production Boom -- Peter B. de Selding -- Space.com -- June 15, 2009
A 10-year forecast of satellite and launcher markets has good news and bad news for hardware manufacturers: There will be many more satellites to build and launch, but the average manufacturing and launch price will increase only marginally, if at all, and may even drop after accounting for inflation. [ Quotes (0) ] [ Comments (0) ]
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START Successor Should Ban Space-Based Weapons, Russian General Says -- Global Security Newswire -- June 11, 2009
Col. Gen. Nikolai Solovtso, the head of Russian strategic missile forces, has argued that any successor to START I, the key 1991 strategic arms control agreement with the United States, should contain a ban on deploying offensive weapons in outer space. [ Quotes (0) ] [ Comments (0) ]
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