U.S. the leader in war plans for space - Gaining the ultimate high ground

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Global Security - July 28, 2003 - When the Bush administration announced in 2001 that it would withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so it could build a national defense system designed to shoot enemy missiles out of the sky, critics warned it would start an arms race in space. Supporters, certain the United States would win, essentially

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I'm afraid that these space weapons won't be enough to prevent any WMD attack from other countries. However, I'm relieved that US can now detect when a country is developing Nuclear Weapons. In fact, krypton 85 is emited when producing weapons-grade plutonium. So US sensors can detect the unusual presence of that gas to identify new possible nuclear plant sites. (source)

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