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Funding CDI


 
       
March 11, 2008

Space Weapons Spending in the FY 2009 Defense Budget
 

In the absence of a clear national consensus on military missions in space, the administration of George W. Bush is continuing to fund research that could result in the development and/or deployment of anti-satellite and space-based weapons.  CDI takes a look at programs in the Fiscal Year 2009 budget request that potentially could lead to the weaponization of space.

Click here to read "Space Weapons Spending in the FY 2009 Defense Budget."

 
Author(s): Theresa Hitchens Victoria Samson  
 
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