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US, wary of China, mulls satellite substitutes

Mar 2010 | No Comment

Gary Payton, deputy under secretary for space programs, voiced concern at Beijing’s display of technology aimed at destroying missiles in mid-air, an area in which Washington has invested hundreds of billions of dollars to build a layered antimissile bulwark. The US demonstrated an anti-satellite capability of its own, using a specially modified Raytheon Co (RTN.N) Standard Missile-3 to destroy a wayward U.S. spy satellite in February 2008.
www.reuters.com

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