Europe had to do some heavy lifting to revitalize its space launch operations, but the first flight of the Ariane 64 rocket for marquee customer Amazon shifts the region fully from rebound into growth mode. The Ariane 6 took off—sporting four rather than only two P120C boosters—from the European...  

As a career counterintelligence officer for the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Defense Intelligence Agency, I worked inside a fully integrated intelligence system. Signals intelligence from the National Security Agency guided investigations. Satellite imagery from the National Reconnaissance Office provided visibility into hostile environments. Human intelligence came through Defense Intelligence Agency channels. These...

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