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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wide, equipped with very-high-frequency radio antennas and small, square infra-red scanners that work in tandem with radar to direct the killer toward its orbiting prey. The anti-satellite interceptor (ASAT) has a parabolic "dish" antenna that homes in on the target satellite and gets the ASAT - actu ally a space bomb - close to the target, where it detonates. The ASAT goes off like a super hand grenade, spraying the victim satellite with metal-piercing fragments. ASAT's main target would be the top U.S. spy satellite: "Big Bird," a 10-ton reconnaissance craft that is vulnerable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Targeting a Hunter-Killer | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

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