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USA: suborbital capsules for military deployment under development

Washington, USA - They will be able to drop conventional bombs and will be launched just from the US territory

The latest US military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq show the rising relevance for the United States of the use of space for the performance of military missions. The resort to satellites for monitoring, communication and weapon systems’ guidance activities significantly increased but Pentagon would appear ready to make another leap forward further. Space capsules would be in fact under development (...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 116507
Rome, Italy, 03/17/2005 12:29
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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