Battle for Space Author:Curtis Peebles Over the past three decades a wide variety of peaceful spacecraft has been launched by the superpowers -- mainly to seek information about the Universe and to relay communications worldwide. Man too has ventured into space. — Less well publicized, however, are the military space missions undertaken as a complement to the struggle on Ea... more »rth -- for such tasks as photo-reconnaissance, electronic intelligence, and ocean surveillance and early warning.
Even more sinister have been the recent developments in "killer satellites', laser and particle beam weaponry which will destroy such missions in the event of war. The future of the Earth is no longer to be played out solely on the surface of the planet; the battle for space has begun.« less