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Note on Space Weapon debate
In debating the space weapons issue, we must all take care we are
dealing with facts. A few weeks ago, Space News carried a major item on the XSS-11 inspection satellite. The project officer from AFRL is quoted as saying it's not a step to an ASAT weapon, but then it quotes an arms control guy named Jeffrey Lewis who says it is. Lewis offers, as evidence, a paper from 2000 titled, "Military Microsatellites" which recommended developing an inspection satellite which could also, potentially, be a counterspace system. I was lead author on that paper, which reported on a 1999 study by ANSER for AFSPC. I wrote a polite note to Mr Lewis, reminding him the paper carried a disclaimer saying it did not represent AFSPC or DoD policy. Further, it was a conceptual study that was briefed to a few offices in AFSPC but never incorporated into formal AFSPC plans, never funded, and never implemented. His reply: I was trying to feed him disinformation. In other words, an out of context quote supported his position, so he was sticking to it. Then the NY Times said the XSS-11 had weapons on board. Completely false, but ...sigh.. what can you do? Matt Bille ALL POSTS REPRESENT SOLELY THE PERSONAL OPINION OF THE AUTHOR |
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