DTRA: Progress made in protecting sats from nukes
Progress is being made in protecting U.S. satellites from the dangerous aftereffects of nuclear detonations, according to James Tegnelia, director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). When a nuclear weapon goes off above Earth's atmosphere, high-energy electrons become trapped in the Earth...
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