Last February a U.S. cruiser successfully shot down a damaged U.S. military spy satellite hurtling toward Earth.

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The report also urged the Ministry of Defence to plan for the loss or degradation of satellite-based communications systems in case they are damaged by severe space weather.

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Satellite images suggest that infrastructure in the Heglig oil fields may have been severely damaged by the fighting.

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