US dominance of space, the final frontier

[TonyGosling]

Future satellite killer?
http://www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/21-162.aspx

Theresa Hitchens, vice president for the Center for Defense Information, a think-tank in Washington, DC, says that the XSS-11 satellite could be the predecessor for a space-based weapon
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7255

[TonyGosling]

Secret Space Plane Can’t Hide From Amateur Sleuths
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/03/secret-space-plane-cant-hide-f rom-amateur-sleuths/

Depending on who you talk to, the space plane could be a prototype commando transport, an orbiting bomber or (most likely) a spy-above-the-skies. It could launch, repair or reposition U.S. satellites in low orbit. It could sneak up and disable or steal enemy satellites. Its pickup-bed-sized payload bay is particularly enticing to observers.

[Disco_Destroyer]

lol that's clever, did they put it on the moon