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Adkins, Larry D. "Space Superiority: Does the US Really Have It?." High Frontier Journal. Vol. 1, No. 3 (Winter 2005): 13-16. [ 2 quotes ]

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Adkins, Larry D. "Space Superiority: Does the US Really Have It?." High Frontier Journal. Vol. 1, No. 3 (Winter 2005): 13-16. [ 2 quotes ] [ page 13 ]
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Adkins, Larry D. "Space Superiority: Does the US Really Have It?." High Frontier Journal. Vol. 1, No. 3 (Winter 2005): 13-16. [ 2 quotes ] [ page 13 ]