Missile security forces airmen at Minot AFB, N.D., got a taste of what they train for—rebuffing an attack on a missile launch facility. The attack, in this case, came from three protesters who decided to vandalize an ICBM site near Garrison, Wyo. It took only minutes for the airmen to arrive and detain the protestors until local law enforcement officials carted them off to jail. The 91st Space Wing commander, Col. Sandy Finan, said that his wing’s ability to respond “at a moment’s notice” ensured that “at no time was the safety and security of the site in question.”
The Space Development Agency wants to launch hundreds of satellites into low-Earth orbit over the next few years—and thanks to a new contract, it now has a way to get rid of some when their service life is over.
