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U.S. Military Wants Weapons In Space
spacedaily.com ^
| 04/06/05
Posted on 04/06/2005 7:49:56 PM PDT by KevinDavis
The Bush administration is advocating the weaponization of space to sustain the global dominance of the U.S. military
While the aggressive new policy aimed at making U.S. satellites capable of striking enemy targets both on the ground and in orbit may be scuttled by controversy or prohibited by cost, elements within the White House and the Pentagon will continue to stress the military's increasing dependence on satellite technology and the dangers associated with sharing more and more outer-space real estate with other nations not always in synch with U.S. interests, the Christian Science Monitor reported
(Excerpt) Read more at spacewar.com ...
TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: military; miltech; space; spaceforce
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Cool...
To: RightWhale; Brett66; xrp; gdc314; sionnsar; anymouse; RadioAstronomer; NonZeroSum; jimkress; ...
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posted on
04/06/2005 7:50:34 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
I can see it now, a Death Star with "USAF" stenciled on the side...
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posted on
04/06/2005 7:52:15 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(I am sick of brownshirts in black robes)
To: Army Air Corps; All
How about the USSF (United States Space Force)
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posted on
04/06/2005 7:53:46 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
A stationary Deathstar over China works for me!
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posted on
04/06/2005 7:53:57 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: KevinDavis
outer-space real estate It isn't real estate unless somebody with the powers of use and alienation it owns it.
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posted on
04/06/2005 7:54:49 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(50 trillion sovereign cells working together in relative harmony)
To: pissant
I could see it now...cartoons of Karl Rove dressed as the emporer sitting in front of the deathstar window with his apprentice Darth W.
kickass
To: KevinDavis
That is a helluva lot better than "UN Spacey" (that is for the fellow Macross fans out there)
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posted on
04/06/2005 7:57:42 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(I am sick of brownshirts in black robes)
To: KevinDavis
United States Space Defence Forces is another way to go...
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posted on
04/06/2005 7:58:45 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(I am sick of brownshirts in black robes)
To: KevinDavis
They need to develop a individual person capable targeting
weapon , some kind of laser or particle beam , to take out bad guys selectively . Call it Global Opponent Deleter , or G.O.D.
something like that ;^)
Far better to selectively go directly for the Saddam's
Kim Jong Il's , Castro's and whomever , than attacking entire
countries , peoples and cultures. The downtrodden would thank us for this in the long run.
10
posted on
04/06/2005 7:59:13 PM PDT
by
injin
To: KevinDavis
Had we started it when Ronald Reagan wanted it, we'd a had it by now.
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posted on
04/06/2005 8:00:32 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Always remember - don't ever forget - "2 wrongs don't make a right, it's 3 lefts that make a right.")
To: miliantnutcase
From Spaceballs, no doubt!
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posted on
04/06/2005 8:02:14 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: Army Air Corps
Why make a separate branch?
The Navy gets the Star Destroyers.
The Air Force gets the TIE Fighters.
The Army gets the Stormtroopers.
And the Marines will somehow get all the credit.
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posted on
04/06/2005 8:03:49 PM PDT
by
Terpfen
(New Democrat Party motto: les enfant terribles)
To: Army Air Corps; All
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posted on
04/06/2005 8:07:16 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: Terpfen
LOL! Seriously, it could be a multi service force under a seperate name. We have seen the development of SpecOps forces that draw from two or more services. The Space Defence Forces could be such a critter (one organisation encomapssing personnel from the different services).
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posted on
04/06/2005 8:08:48 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(I am sick of brownshirts in black robes)
To: KevinDavis
Oh....my...gawd! When will be be attacking the martians?
To: followerofchrist; All
What makes you thinkg that we are not attacking the martians now???
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posted on
04/06/2005 8:20:48 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: All
Didn't Bush sign a bill mandating a space missile defense shield by 2006?
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posted on
04/06/2005 8:20:56 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
To: Terpfen
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posted on
04/06/2005 8:23:09 PM PDT
by
dpa5923
(Small minds talk about people, normal minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas.)
To: Army Air Corps; KevinDavis
TDA: Terran Defense Authority
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posted on
04/06/2005 8:23:30 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
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