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Spaceballs.(space-based weapons)(Brief Article)

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Gen. Michael Ryan, the U.S. Air Force chief of staff, last week stressed the need for space-based weapons to defend the 250 American satellites in space. But don't expect to see any X-Wing fighters. The United States and Russia have already tested Earth-based lasers designed to blind the censors on enemy spy satellites. Other gizmos include mini-rockets (untested) to ...

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