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Spying on TiangongSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 07, 2012 In early January, the mass media went viral over a controversial story in the journal "Spaceflight", published by the British Interplanetary Society. To cut a long story short, "Spaceflight" claimed that the US Air Force's X-37B robot spaceplane was spying on China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory. Wow! Feel the excitement! It's no wonder that the story travelled so far, so quickly. Unfortunately, it's just not true. The story provoked a sceptical response from this writer, who has reported on both T ... read more |
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Russia says Ukraine fired US long-range missiles; Borrell urges EU states to follow US on missile use
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