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UNITED STATES Issue dated 18/11/1999

SPACE COMMAND TACKLES NEW MISSIONS

Over the past five weeks the U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) headquartered at the Peterson air force base in Colorado has [...]

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How the Pentagon is Organizing its Cyber Warfare System Free

Testing Time for Cyber Command

SPY SATELLITES FIRST LINE IN EUROPE'S DEFENSES

NEW ELECTROMAGNETIC RESOURCES

SPACE INTELLIGENCE IN TROUBLE

MOVE TO PRIVATE SPACE INTELLIGENCE

NRO PLAN UNDER FIRE

FIRST SALES FOR COMMERCIAL IMAGERY

DE-CLASSIFYING THE OBVIOUS AND THE LESS SO

EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITE TESTS 29 SYSTEMS

LIFTING VEIL ON SATELLITE OPERATION

STANDING GUARD IN SPACE

BACKROOM AGENCY CLOSED DOWN

WHAT NON-NRO SATELLITES DO

NRO'S 6TH TECHNOLOGICAL FORUM

SPACE INTELLIGENCE ON AUCTION BLOCK

STREAMLINING INTELLIGENCE EFFORT

CALL FOR EURO SPACE AUTHORITY

RESHUFFLING ITS SPACE CARDS

NEW WAYS TO HIT "HARD TARGETS"

LOBBYING FOR SPACE INTELLIGENCE

JEFFREY HARRIS

20% LESS FOR SPACE

A CLASSY LOSER

HELIOS A MILITARY OR DEFENSE SATELLITE?

CALL FOR SEPARATE SPACE BUDGET

HELIOS TO DOVETAIL EUROPE'S INTELLIGENCE EFFORT

PUTTING BONN INTO THE PICTURE

NRO FINALLY GETS A BOSS

OSIRIS WITH THE GERMANS?

REGIONAL ANTI-MISSILE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM?

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