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[i]"It emphasizes the need for expanded safety and navigational situational awareness, as well as the potential benefit of establishing some kind of international standards," said one senior U.S. official, who asked not to be named. U.S. defence spending is under increasing pressure, but lawmakers are more apt to back preventative spending now that a major collision -- once considered unlikely -- has occurred, said one congressional aide.[/i]
[i]"My worry is that that debris field is going to be up there for a while," said General James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former head of the military's space operations. "So we're going to have to play a little bit of dodgeball for many tens of years to come," he said. "The good news is once it stabilizes, it's relatively predictable," he told a forum on the national security implications of operations in space. "The bad news is it's a large area."[/i]
[i]"The debris got scattered in all directions, including upwards, where old Soviet satellites are 'buried', those which were intended for surveillance over the navy of a potential enemy ... (and are) equipped with nuclear reactors," Interfax quoted the expert as saying. "There is a threat of collision with these spacecraft and therefore of the appearance of radioactive debris in orbit," the expert said.[/i]
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