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US To Launch Secret 'Space Warplane'
US to launch secret 'space warplane' | IPS
The United States Air Force has announced that it will launch a secret space plane that has sparked speculation about the militarization of space.
The Pentagon has set April 21 as the date for the launch of the robotic space plane known as the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), which is a reusable unmanned plane capable of long outer space missions at low orbits.
Since the nature of the project is shrouded in mystery, defense analysts allege that the US military is building the first generation of US 'space Predator drones' that will build up the United States' space armada, the Christian Science Monitor wrote in a recent article.
Military experts argue that the US Department of Defense would not have saved NASA's costly X-37B project, which had been scrapped, if it did not have a military application.
They say the US wants to maintain a leading role in space via the development of the new 'space weapon' at a time when other countries like China are expanding their space programs. Read more.
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NASA should get a name change, it is not a civilian organization. I bet Russia is red hot about this after everything else we have done to pin them in a corner. I suggest you talk more about this to your friends; we started the first cold war, now we are starting another cold war. If you want to know what Russia is really like, read John Steinbeck; he lived there and wrote about it. They are people just like us. And just like us, no body wants a missile base at their front door pointing missiles at their children.