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Air Force Sets First Post In Ambitious Space Fence Project

Posted by samzenpus on from the making-good-neighbors dept.

coondoggie writes "The US Air Force this week said it will base the first Space Fence radar post on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with the site planned to be operational by 2017. The Space Fence is part of the Department of Defense's effort to better track and detect space objects which can consist of thousands of pieces of space debris as well as commercial and military satellite parts."

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  1. Also... by outsider007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It will keep out the Space Mexicans.

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    1. Re:Also... by TheInternetGuy · · Score: 4, Funny

      It will keep out the Space Mexicans.

      Well it will keep out the masses, but we'll let a few through to clean our pools.

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    2. Re:Also... by Noughmad · · Score: 4, Funny

      This was a funny post, but I believe you just wasted the chance of making the first relevant "First Post" in Slashdot history.

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  2. Re:Fence? by boundary · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fence my ass.

    This is Slashdot, not Craigslist.