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   BROWSE BY SOURCE : SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
U.S. Satellites Outnumber Rest of World -- Katherine Shrader  -- San Francisco Examiner  -- December 07, 2005

The Union of Concerned Scientists has released a new online database that tracks the nearly 800 active satellites in Earth's orbit. The database shows that the United States has 413 satellites in space snooping for the government, checking on the weather and relaying the latest pop music, more than the 382 the rest of the world has spinning above the Earth.

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Air Force pursuing secret program to protect airliners -- Paul J. Caffera  -- San Francisco Examiner  -- April 09, 2004

The U.S. Air Force has initiated a secret program to protect U.S. commercial airliners from terrorist missile attacks by modifying their engines to withstand missile warhead detonations.

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