The real Star Wars: politicians haggle over giving the Pentagon the ability to destroy commercial satellites in the name of "space control."

Article Abstract:

Lawmakers are engaged in an acrimonious debate over the development of weapons that can destroy commercial satellites and other objects in orbit. While Democrats and Republicans agree that the Dept of Defense should have the ability to destroy objects in orbit to protect US satellites, they could not find a common ground on when to deploy weapons systems for space control purposes.

Defense programs, Military satellites, Space weapons, Defence programs, Anti-satellite weapons, Antisatellite weapons

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Space wars

Article Abstract:

The article discusses adverse effects of the various new strategies being followed by China and the U.S. for placing weapons in the space. The space warfare can be extremely harmful, as it create large amount of debris, making Earth inaccessible for the satellites and spacecrafts.

United States, China, Environmental aspects, Space debris, Space warfare, Astronautics, Military, Military astronautics

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Music wars

Article Abstract:

The distribution of digital audio through the Web has caused legal battles in the recording industry for the protection of artists and record labels.

Cases, Forecasts and trends, Online services, Internet services, Music industry, Sound recording industry, Recording industry, Digital communications, Digital audio broadcasting

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