EU Commissioner Wants Space-Based Intel, Early Warning Capabilities

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The EU wants to catch up with the U.S. in fielding missile warning satellites.

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Europe should do more to build up its space-based intelligence capabilities and field an orbital missile warning system, says Andrius Kubilius, the first European commissioner for defense and space. “We need more than eyes in space. We need spies in space,” Kubilius said in a Feb. 12 speech in Paris...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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