With apologies for being off topic, but I wanted to note that this is a very dangerous program -- well hated by the Air Force due to the debris issue. Unfortunately, it has the full support of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) who is responsible for putting money into the program in 2004 and 2005 even though DoD did not ask for it (Army Space and Missile Command in Huntsville, Alabama, lobbied for it behind OSD's back, from what I can tell). The program actually has $17.5 million in 05 money -- funneled through Missile Defense Agency and Air Force accounts. ASMC has been agitating to do an actual flight test of one of the prototypes (they are ground-launched), which would be the return of U.S. testing of ASATs abandoned in the Cold War. Currently unclear what the exact plan is, however. th Theresa Hitchens Vice President, CDI 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 tel: 202-797-5269 fax: 202-462-4559 email: thitchens@cdi.org -----Original Message----- From: Campbell's [mailto:campbel7@the-i.net] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 11:07 AM To: SeeSat-L Subject: Satellite Swatter? Controversial http://www.defensetech.org/archives/001435.html -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.3 - Release Date: 3/15/2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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