News of December 15, 2004
Holes in the Missile Shield
Posted at: Wed Dec 15th, 2004
An excellent article of the Scientific American magazine covers the errors and potential uselessness of the current plans for the US missile defense program.
"The MDA's midcourse system is built to intercept long-range missiles fired thousands of kilometers from the U.S.; it can do no...
US Air Force works on plan for near-space vehicle
Posted at: Wed Dec 15th, 2004
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Top U.S. Air Force officials are working on a strategy to put surveillance aircraft in "near space," the no man's land above 65,000 feet but below an outer space orbit, Air Force chief of staff Gen. John Jumper said on Tuesday.
