The U.S. Prepares For War In Space

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Anniston Star: U.S. military space budget estimated at $25 billion

It’s the first day of a war between the world’s largest military powers.

From a launch pad somewhere in Asia, a rocket rises into the sky. Its payload: A robot designed to sneak up to a U.S. military satellite, grab it and steer it off course, knocking it out of the fight. Elsewhere on earth, high-powered lasers flash into space, trying to blind enemy sensors peering down from orbit. Generals fret over whether to use satellite-killing missiles that could fill orbits with deadly debris.

It sounds like something from a Hollywood thriller. But space and defense experts say it’s something the world’s most advanced spacefaring nations are actually planning for. And the Anniston area’s representative in Congress is calling for a major reorganization of defense assets – and possibly even the creation of a new branch of the military – to get ready for conflict in space.

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WNU Editor: $25 billion is not chump change.