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US Star Wars test fails

17 Oct 1997

(Updated 13 Oct) Activists are warning that an international anti-satellite arms race could develop if the US government continues with a series of orbital space tests.

Last month, the US Army Space and Strategic Defense Command received permission to shoot down an orb

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