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==History==
 
==History==
The Space Defense Initiative (SDI) was a joint venture between the United States and Japan starting in 1994.  The project was later renamed the Western Orbital Defense Network.
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The Space Defense Initiative (SDI) was a joint venture between the United States and Japan, started in [[1994]].  The project was later renamed the Western Orbital Defense Network.
  
 
In [[2007]], [[Crippen Station]] became the central command for the Western Orbital Defense Network.
 
In [[2007]], [[Crippen Station]] became the central command for the Western Orbital Defense Network.

Revision as of 14:51, 24 February 2011

The Western Orbital Defense Network or WODeN was a series of satellites and at least one space station put into low Earth orbit by the United States and Japan for defensive purposes.

History

The Space Defense Initiative (SDI) was a joint venture between the United States and Japan, started in 1994. The project was later renamed the Western Orbital Defense Network.

In 2007, Crippen Station became the central command for the Western Orbital Defense Network.

As part of WODeN, Crippen Station included high power energy weapons that played a part in the 2014 Second Soviet Civil War destroying Soviet ICBMs.

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