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Germany, Australia Team Up On Space Security, Laser Weapons
Boris Pistorius is shown an EOS R800 by Andreas Schwer, CEO of Electro Optik Systems, in Canberra, March 26.
Photographer: Peter Kneffel/picture alliance/Getty Images
Germany and Australia plan to improve space security through a joint network of sensors which will create a global early-warning system for satellite sabotage.
The bilateral agreement, signed Thursday by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles in Canberra, also covers the mutual exchange of data on potentially hostile maneuvers in space.