This ability to split the transportable station into separate, stand-alone parts will provide the flexibility needed to fix specific problems at several satellite tracking sites simultaneously, Air Force officials said.
At the time, top AirForceofficialssaid the U.S. had the capability of closely tracking and issuing pre-collision warnings for only a couple of hundred pieces of orbiting debris.
Aboard AirForce One on the flight from Andrews AirForce Base outside Washington, senior administration officialssaid Clinton would move beyond the NATO question and propose additional arms control agreements, going beyond the START II Treaty.