ver the next two years, (Gagnon, 2003).
Nuclear reactors in space will be used to power new forms of weaponry, from space planes that can destroy and attack satellites of enemies or rivals to tracking systems of ground motion that will help save lives and provide immediate and accurate intelligence. The International community looks upon U.S. space dominance policies unfavorably for the most part. Only Russia, France and Great Britain have even attempted similar programs but with varying degrees of success. RussiaÆs program, ôGlonass,ö lies in tatters with no money for the enormous investment in equipment, technology and training required for military space programs, (Waller, 2003). Great Britain has experienced some success with its own version of the U.S. system, known as Galileo. Galileo, a ômulti-billion dollar Galileo satellite navigational system is seen as a direct threat to U.S. plans for space dominance,ö (Gagnon, 2003, p. 2). France, where relations with the U.S. are already strained over foreign
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