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--- Han Tacoma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You will be assimilated! > > The US has every intention of deploying weapons in space, ultimately in > order to > control access to the atmosphere and outer space, and to be able to hit > land and > sea-based targets anytime, anywhere. Less need for messy and time-consuming > troop deployments, which arouse opposition before the "action" and after > the > carnage... > > U.S. 'negation' policy in space raises concerns abroad > By Loring Wirbel, EE Times > May 22, 2003 (1:26 p.m. EST) > URL: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030522S0050 > > COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - While much of the talk around the Pentagon these > days focuses on "transformation" of the military, some of the United > States' > closest allies worry about another buzzword being used in subtler ways at > the National Reconnaissance Office: "negation." > > The nation's largest intelligence agency by budget and in control of all > U.S. spy satellites, NRO is talking openly with the U.S. Air Force Space > Command about actively denying the use of space for intelligence purposes > to > any other nation at any time-not just adversaries, but even longtime > allies, > according to NRO director Peter Teets. > > At the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs in early April, Teets > proposed that U.S. resources from military, civilian and commercial > satellites be combined to provide "persistence in total situational > awareness, for the benefit of this nation's war fighters." If allies don't > like the new paradigm of space dominance, said Air Force secretary James > Roche, they'll just have to learn to accept it. The allies, he told the > symposium, will have "no veto power." > [...] > > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ===== _________________________________________________ Jan William Coffey _________________________________________________ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
