The money includes $15m towards sending up two new, much more powerful satellites.
    • Dave@lemmy.nzM
      9·
      9 months ago

      Yeah, not to mention this $113m was spent over about 12 years, with the bulk of it in 2012! It’s the kind of money the government finds between the couch cushions, it’s not some crazy spend.

  • Dr Jekell@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    My guess is they chipped in so they get access to the US military satellite network for our military usage.

    So that when the navy, army or air force are operating away from our shores they have a reliable way of communicating back home and to our allies.

  • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz
    3·
    8 months ago

    And? They’re one of our closet defense partners, obviously we’re going to chip in, especially when our own security will presumably benefit from the intelligence this satellite will gather.