Planetary Defense Warfare and Conflict Issues

This category is for sites on defending the planet from global threats such as possible asteroids, comets, or artificial space debris.

• Top/Science/Astronomy/Solar System/Small Bodies

• BBC News: Government Prepares for Space Impact - The UK government is to establish a panel of experts to advise on the risk of the Earth being hit by an asteroid or comet, and plans for evacuation and/or deflection.
  
• Asteroid Scare Prompts NASA to Formalize Response - An unprecedented asteroid scare in January 2004 has prompted NASA to set up a formal process for notifying top officials in the future of any impending impacts.
  
• China Daily: Dangerous Space Rocks Under Watch - Astronomers say they are well on their way to finding every asteroid that poses a threat.
  
• Impact - Describes the threat of a comet impact with Earth and provides a plan of action to survive a large impact.
  
• U.S. Summons Experts to Draft Asteroid Defense Plan - A Cincinnati Post news story about a meeting called by the U.S. government on the chances of an asteroid strike and a possible defense for it.
  
• Impact Parameters - Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts.
  
• The SpaceGuard UK Portal - National focus in the UK for studies into the threat posed to the Earth by collisions with asteroids and comets.
  
• Meteor Defense - An argument for reducing global tension by developing a defense against impacts with Near Earth Objects.
  
  

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