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From Satellites to Space Shuttle and Beyond: GAO Evaluates the Military's Role in Space

Published: Jan 01, 1986. Publicly Released: Jan 01, 1986.
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This article, which appeared in the GAO Review, Vol. 21, Issue 1, Winter 1986, discusses how GAO has approached the space militarization issue. The focus of GAO work has included evaluating: (1) the Department of Defense's organizational structure and ability to manage the multiservice space program; (2) efforts to develop a space system to improve strategic and tactical force effectiveness; (3) the impact on national military policy of deploying weapons in space; (4) launch and satellite control capabilities; and (5) requirements for space-related data processing and transmission.

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