DOD eyes making satellites less vulnerable to attack

The U.S. Defense Department plans to take steps to make key satellites less vulnerable to various threats, including radiation from a high-altitude nuclear blast. Peter Teets, undersecretary of the Air Force and director of the National Reconnaissance Office, said Aug. 24 that DOD's National...

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