Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space – 2007-04-22 22:57:31

BRUNSWICK, Maine (April 22, 2007) — The Pentagon is set to test a satellite on Monday that is part of a program being run by the “Missile Defense Agency”. The launch will take place from the NASA Wallops Island Facility in Virginia.

Official news releases say, “The Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) mission involves launching a four-stage Minotaur I rocket carrying a satellite to collect scientific data that will be used to help with the development of future missile defense technology efforts.”

First off we have to always remember that “missile defense” is a ruse. The Pentagon sticks the word “defense” on their Star Wars program so the American people, when they might hear the words in between reality TV shows, do not get alarmed. “Oh,” the people will say, “I don’t need to worry about this because they are protecting us from the bad guys. Honey hand me another bag of chips.”

All of these programs are now basically testing space technologies that ultimately will allow the Pentagon to locate targets in space, to hone in on the targets, and then to develop the ability to close on targets and destroy them. Sold as defense, the ultimate goal is offense.

All we need to do is recall the words from the Air Force Space Command’s Strategic Master Plan: FY06 and Beyond. In the document the military says, “The ability to gain space superiority (the ability to exploit space while selectively disallowing it to adversaries) is critically important and maintaining space superiority is an essential prerequisite for success in modern warfare.”

The document goes on to state, “Simply, we must be able to quickly subjugate any space capability any adversary can field while maintaining our own. This includes the infrastructure and enablers as well as the ‘pointy end of the spear.'”

The bottom line is this NFIRE test is one more important step in testing the technology that will some day allow the U.S. military to place offensive “spears” in space. Thus preemptive attack on other nation’s space assets will become a high priority for the Pentagon as they seek to “control and dominate space.”

The Pentagon has long bragged that Star Wars will be the largest industrial project in the history of the planet Earth. Virtually every Pentagon Star Wars space project is now many times over budget. Massive expenditures are needed to continue the research and development program for space weaponization.

Where will the funds come from? Medicare, Medicaid, education, public transit, environmental clean-up, and the like will all have to be cut back in the years ahead to pay for Star Wars.

The days of the Pentagon getting a free ride on “missile defense” programs must end.

Will you help us expand the consciousness of the public to call for an end to Star Wars research and development funding?

Bruce K. Gagnon is the Coordinator for Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, PO Box 652, Brunswick, ME 04011. (207) 443-9502