Despite the cold war being over for quite some time, Russia still harbors fears that the U.S. is keeping a close eye on their every move. Their paranoia is somewhat justified and not just because Sarah Palin is keeping a close eye on Putin and Medvedev with a pair of binoculars from the window of [...]
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This Sunday morning at 5:30 AM, the Chinese government launched a rocket into space that was carrying a navigation satellite system. This satellite is the fifth of over 30 Beidou orbiters that Beijing hopes will soon rival America’s Global Positioning System (GPS). For many years, the U.S. Air Force has owned and operated the system [...]