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Articles tagged with: GSSAP

30
July
2014

US Launches 2 Spy Geo-Satellites to Track 'Nefarious Capability’ of Other Nations

US Launches 2 Spy Geo-Satellites to Track 'Nefarious Capability’ of Other Nations

The GSSAP satellites "could certainly be considered offensive," Defense News reported Marco Caceres, an analyst with the Teal Group, as saying. "Obviously, the US Air Force is primarily thinking of it as defensive or simply from a maintenance and repair standpoint. But if you have the ability to get close enough to other satellites to observe or repair or refuel, then sure, you could probably take them out."

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