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Branch of the military the 1st new branch to be set up since 1947 and the timetable timetable was even laid out by the vice president that by 2020 yes by 2020 this new space force will be up and running and the question is Well what are the consequences of such a big change in our military structure given the fact that well yes let's not be naive about it the Chinese the Russians a lot of nations are experimenting with killer satellite technology which could be used in a potential war in outer space so today on exploration we're going to talk about the pros and cons the pros and cons of what ...

U.s. interests abroad. now, moving on as if we don't have enough threats here on earth, we need to look to the heavens. threats in space. the global expansion of the space industry will extend space-enabled capabilities and situational awareness to nation, state and commercial state actors in the coming years. russia and china will continue to expand their space-based reconnaissance and navigation systems in terms of numbers of satellites, breadth of capability and both russia and chinese counter space weapons will at maour over the next few years as each country pursues anti-satellite weapons...

>> thank you. >> thank you. victor? >> the united states military satellites could be targets of russian and chinese space weapons. the head of strategic command says they are building and testing weapons capable of disabling u.s. satellites. >> they are building those capabilities to challenge the united states of america, to challenge our allies and change the balance of power in the world. >> targets are satellites, which warn the military of enemy missile launches. still to come, the palestinian authority warns middle east peace negotiations may be dead, if the president moves the u.s. e...

>> the soviet leader mikhail gorbachev made what looks like a dramatic proposal, a plan to eliminate all nuclear weapons by the year 2000. >> the american side was surprised and upstaged by gorbachev's sweeping proposals. >> it is a bid for public opinion and, of course, the seriousness of it would have been highlighted if it had been tabled first in geneva. >> by offering his timetable for the elimination of nuclear weapons, mikhail gorbachev has clearly challenged president reagan, but by holding to their condition that space weapons be banned, the russians have shown that the major obstacle...

With the americans. >> and that means another round of the arms race say the soviets, who insist they're being dragged into this competition by ronald reagan. >> i read it this morning, in particular "the washington post," and as far as i'm concerned they're for gorbachev. they're not on our side. >> they've chosen sides. >> the allies publicly broke ranks. on television france's president criticized president reagan's research program for space weapons. mr. reagan's staunchest european supporter, prime minister thatcher, stated her opposition to a new arms race in space. >> one does not want ...