Space-based threats against the U.S. are moving “staggeringly fast,” Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Dec. 11.
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China destroyed one of its own satellites on Jan. 11, 2007, creating thousands of pieces of debris in orbit while revealing its capabilities—and plans—for the space domain. That moment signaled the end of what many considered a period of relative calm in space after Operation Desert Storm, recalled...
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