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Battlefield Tech: U.S. Space Commander Predicts Satellite Attacks

A Reuters newswire article by Jim Wolf, via The Boston Globe, reports that:

The Air Force's new top commander for space predicted on Tuesday future attacks on U.S. satellites and called for greatly expanded tracking and identification of payloads launched by other countries.

Currently, U.S. efforts are focused on determining if an overseas launch is a ballistic missile or designed to put an object in orbit, then cataloging it over a period that can take weeks, said Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton, who heads the Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

posted by Fergie @ 8/15/2006 09:08:00 PM