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The Satellite War

Modern warfare is becoming increasingly dependent on satellites for intelligence, weapon control and a whole host of other interests. Due to their location close to the North and South Poles the Norwegian satellite stations on Svalbard and Antarctica have a unique strength and advantage - they can communicate with Polar-orbiting satellites more freequently than any others. Meanwhile Norway has made a commitment to not utilize Svalbard and Antarctica for warlike purposes. The inspectorate authority in charge of ensuring compliance with the Treaties however, has no insight into the type of data beeing downloaded.Read more

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