SpaceX gets into the spy game


The entrance to the SpaceX Starbase launch pad in Texas. - The New York Times

THE recent breakthrough took place some 1,000km above Earth.

For the first time, the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency (SDA) used lasers to securely transmit data at light speed between military satellites, enhancing the ability to track and, if needed, intercept enemy missiles.

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