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Mobile operators get fixed price spectrum renewal in $3b Government windfall

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Spy sats now spy on other spy satellites

Science - Space



Within the NS article, Theresa Hitchens voices her concerns with the project.

As the director of the United Nation’s Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Hitchens states, “I am positive other nations, particularly China, will find this development suspicious—and the U.S. behaviour regarding the programme as hypocritical, given that Washington is always chastising Beijing for its lack of transparency regarding its space programmes and intentions.”

Additional information on Hitchens is found on the Space.com article "Theresa Hitchens profile," which includes an interview with the UNIDIR director.

Within it, the article states, "As an outspoken opponent of weapons in space, Theresa Hitchens has plenty of critics on the right side of the political spectrum."

For additional information, please check out:

TheSpaceReview.com article (July 31, 2006): “Mysterious microsatellites in GEO: is MiTEx a possible anti-satellite capability

Spaceflightnow.com article (January 14, 2009): “Secret inspection satellites boost space intelligence ops

PajamasMedia.com article (January 15, 2009): “And now, micro satellites

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