"With no fanfare, the Bush Administration is taking military control of what it terms 'near space', thereby laying claim to the area of the Solar System that lies between the Earth and the Moon's orbit...success of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq depended on the use of more than 50 military satellites to direct U.S. missiles and bombers to their intended targets. "I'd call this the first real space war," says Brig. Gen. Larry Jones..."
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