America wants to build a defense system from the universe

The US Congress decided to spend $ 5 million on a project to study missile defense capabilities from outer space.

The project is part of the 2009 defense budget allocation bill signed by President George W. Bush on September 30.

Arms manufacturing groups such as Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman may benefit from a project to build missile defense systems in the universe.

Last year, the US Congress removed a proposal to spend $ 10 million to study the possibility of missile defense in space for fear it could lead to "weaponization" of the universe. But this year, the Bush administration's proposal was approved, but with a budget of $ 5 million.

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This allowed the US Department of Defense to hire one or more organizations to assess the feasibility of a plan to build missile shields in space. They are designed to shoot down ballistic missiles at every stage of the journey.

Opponents of the project argue that building missile shields in the universe will be costly and could lead to arms race in space. Besides. The introduction of weapons into space can make other US assets in space become the target of many future attacks. This is very dangerous because the technologies in the universe are maintaining the operation of many systems, from finance and telecommunications to global positioning.

" Instead of protecting US assets in space, the missile shield will make them more vulnerable ," said Victoria Samson, an expert at the US Defense Information Center.