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On the recordMarch 4, 2014
Given the importance and given that vulnerability, does it not make strategic sense to spread these capabilities over smaller satellites, different satellites, commercial satellites so that we do not have a Pearl Harbor of space where a few major facilities are knocked out and then we are in trouble?
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King emphasizes the need for diverse satellite capabilities to avoid vulnerabilities.

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