Friday, Sept. 13, 1985
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ASAT test expected for today
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Senators rejected the amendment
62:34 after it was opposed by Sens.
Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz.; John
Warner, R-Va.; and John Glenn,
D-Ohio.
gation reform bill pending in the Senate.
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test ban agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union
"This upcoming test is entirely for technical, developmental reasons, as far as this department is concerned." Pentagon spokesman Fred Hoffman told reporters.
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Only three Republicans — Sens.
Mark Hatfield, R-Ore.; Charles
Mathias, R-Md.; and Lowell
Weicker, R-Conn. — voted against
Goldwater's motion to kill the
amendment.
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The Air Force hopes to shoot it down with a missile that can rush into the lower reaches of space and slam into an object. A high-flying F-15 fighter jet is expected to fire the missile into space.
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The Defense Department declined comment on the ruling.
The test is expected to be conducted today against a defunct military research satellite.
She also said the plaintiffs didn't have legal standing to bring the case and hadn't met the burden of proof of the likelihood of success in trial. Such proof is necessary for a temporary restraining order.
Ellyn Weiss, representing the Union of Concerned Scientists and Reps. George Brown, D-Calf; Joe Moakley, D-Mass.; John Sieberling, D-Ohio; and Matthew McHugh, D-N.Y.; sought the delay.
Critics of the test have complained about the administration's timing, saying the test is geared to score political points over the Soviet Union before the November summit between President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Late yesterday, test opponents said nearly 100 House members had signed a letter to Reagan asking him to refrain from testing the weapon, known as ASAT. They said the test would break an informal two-year
Late yesterday, Sen. John Kerry,
D-Mass., made an unsuccessful
attempt to postpone the test until
after the summit. He offered an
amendment to an unrelated immi-
The Pentagon denied any such motive.
U. S. District Judge Norma Johnson denied a request for a temporary
Royce Lambert, an assistant U.S. attorney, said the issue was political and best left to Capitol Hill. He also said the United States was now engaged in arms talks in Geneva with the Soviet Union. Those talks, he said, include discussions on space weapons.
WASHINGTON — A federal judge cleared the way yesterday for the first test of the U.S. anti-satellite weapon against an orbiting satellite, rejecting a bid for a delay by four democrits and a group of scientists.
"This issue should be resolved in Congress," said Lambert. "These four congressmen decided to walk down to the bottom of the Hill and ask this court to block it."
restraining order, telling lawyers for the congressmen and scientists that it was a political question and should be settled on Capitol Hill.
"The issue should not be decided in this forum." Johnson said.
The Soviet Union has said it would resume testing its system if the United States tests.
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