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Air Force Debating Usefulness Of Remaining Defense Meterological Satellite Program Spacecraft

Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

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The Air Force is debating whether its two remaining Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft will be useful by the time they are launched, according to a high-ranking official. “There’s a lot of people that say ‘Well, until you can prove otherwise that I don’t need to depend on this thing, we need to protect this thing,” Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Davis, military deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, told reporters yesterday during Defense…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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