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ISBN: | 9780387716732 0387716734 9780387716725 0387716726 9786611133535 6611133534
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-211) and index. Description based on print version record.
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Summary: | "Today, military satellites represent 25 per cent of all satellites in orbit. In Spies in the Sky, Pat Norris argues that the development of satellites has prevented nuclear Armageddon. He believes that the 'race to the Moon' between the two superpowers was a side effect of the Cold War, and that the most important event was the use of satellites by military powers to prevent the Cold War becoming a 'hot war.' He then focuses on the regional tensions of today, and looks ahead to what the future holds - a time when satellites could be the only defense against a nervous nuclear power using its nuclear weapons needlessly."--Jacket.
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Other form: | Print version: Norris, Pat. Spies in the sky. Berlin ; New York : Springer ; Chichester, UK : In Association with Praxis Pub., c2008 9780387716725 0387716726
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