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• Devices that can track and follow a target in orbit, with the capability of exploding on command or by pre-program to destroy the target.

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  Space Mines. (n.d.). MDA Glossary. Retrieved February 1, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/space-mines.

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  Space Mines. www.mda.mil. MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/space-mines (accessed: February 1, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Space Mines." MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. 1 February. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/space-mines.

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