UK ‘very interested’ in hosting US Space Force radar station
by Mattha Busby from Science | The Guardian on (#5MA8X)
RAF chief says system to track objects up to 22,000 miles from Earth is incredibly important'
An American space force plan to develop a global monitoring system to track objects up to 22,000 miles from Earth could establish radar stations in the US, UK and Australia.
The head of the RAF, Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Wigston, is in the US for talks over the plans, and said on Saturday the British were very interested" in the project and hosting one of the American radar stations.
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