The militarization of space

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Bush plans ‘space bomber’
Ed Vulliamy, The Observer, Sunday 29 July 2001. A space-bomber to destroy targets on the other side of the world within 30 minutes. It could bypass Congressional veto by being included in the secret black budget. America is engaged in military anarchism, seeking to dominate space militarily and a grossly militarised foreign policy which seems to be its only reaction to global politics.
Protecting Globalization From Above
By Karl Crossman, Corpwatch, 18 January 2002. Missile defense, or Star Wars, advocates maintain the terrorist attack demonstrated the kind of future assault—the next time around with missiles—that the U.S. must seek to offset to protect US interests and investments around the globe.
Iraq War Emboldens Bush Space Plans
By Bruce Gagnon, Counterpunch, 8 August 2003. Military victory in the Iraq war has emboldened the Pentagon in their claims that space technology gives the U.S. total advantage in time of war. In order to technologically leapfrog the space program for global control and domination ent efforts together. Thus, there is a takeover of the U.S. space program by the military and the weapons corporations.
Military eyes in the skies
By Janene Scully, Lompoc Record (California), 16 June 2004. Vandenberg Air Force Base is serving as the demonstration site for the Virtual Mission Operations Center, a prototype of a portable system that aims to deliver satellite data more readily to U.S. troops around the world.
Master of Space
By Karl Grossman, The Progressive, [1 May 2005]. the United Nations voted to reaffirm the Outer Space Treaty—the fundamental international law that establishes that space should be reserved for peaceful uses. Only two nations declined to support this bill—the United States and Israel. Both abstained.