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General Urges Protection Of Space Assets Against ASATs

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Monday, December 3rd, 2007

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Kehler Also Urges Replacing Aged Satellites The United States must establish a system for protecting space assets, including military satellites that play an increasingly critical role in U.S. defense operations worldwide, Gen. Robert Kehler, commander of the Air Force Space Command, said. In assessing the future for the air service, it is clear that the Air Force must "do something else that's different for the future. And that is ... protecting those space capabilities" on which all the U.S. armed…

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