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    Introduction What was the cold war? The cold war was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the eastern bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the western block (the United States, its NATO allies and others). The cold war was caused by many things for example American feared of a communist attack, Truman’s dislike of Stalin, USSR fear of the American atomic bomb and many more. The cold war was marked by continuous rivalry between the two former

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    A solar storm with that classification can produce long-lasting radiation storms which can damage satellites and even damage influence airline passengers that fly near the polls. The small radiation doses produced as well by X-class flares also hold the potential to create global transmission problems and worldwide blackouts. When solar flares are produced from the sun, radiation is emitted across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, starting at radio waves at the long end of the spectrum to x-ray

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    developing artificial intelligence, satellites, which would be used for military use including spying and reconnaissance. Many government agencies were formed and created the Corona Satellite having the most effect on the Cold War intelligence gathering. Without the use of satellites during the Cold War and agencies formed for foreign surveillance, the satellites used daily for television, GPS, photography, reconnaissance, and space exploration would not exist. Satellites

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    on radios that allowed navigators to locate the direction of shore-based transmitters when in range. Later development of artificial satellites made possible the transmission of more precise, line of sight radio navigation signals and sparked a new era in navigation technology. Satellites are first used in position finding in a simple but reliable 2D Navy

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    production of nuclear weapons,communication, satellites, the foundation of the internet,and military advancements. Beginning

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    Transmitting data in locations with sporadic connectivity is a huge challenge. The Select Bipartisan Committee that investigated the Hurricane Katrina concluded that communication provides a critical path for relief in emergency and disaster situations. It was observed that the rescue efforts as well as the command and control awareness, was greatly affected by severe network failures and interoperability issues. This paper aims at analysing the requirements of such a network and suggests a completely

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    This may sound far-fetched but everything SpaceX is currently doing is helping them set up a future mission to Mars. Reducing the cost of rockets will help make the trip affordable and setting up a satellite based internet network around Earth and eventually Mars will allow for seamless communication between the two planets. Musk’s current vision of how to colonize Mars is to use what he is calling the Mars Colonial Transporter. The plan is for the MCT

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    COMMUNICATION HISTORY Communication begins with language, the distinctive ability which has made possible the evolution of human society. With language any message, any query no matter how complex, can be conveyed between people to people over a limited distance - within a room or place of assembly, or across a short open space. The history of communication is mankind's search for ways to improve upon shouting. History of communication began with the use of smoke signals and drums in Africa,

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    : This paper presents implementing wireless network in computer communication In that the following devices includes WI-FI, Bluetooth, WiMAX, mobilesNetworks and latest LI-FI technology. This paper clears the idea of using this wireless network. A review of what is needed to build a generic wireless network is provided. We can alreadyknow about the wireless network and we can connect the computer by using this wireless network. The paper also advances some of the major security risks that wireless

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    AT & T (Directv)

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    Introduction An acquisition strategy is defined as one company buying controlling interest in another company (Hitt, Ireland, & Hoskisson, 2013). AT&T recently utilized this strategy to acquire DirecTV for $48.5 billion and become the number two Pay-Tv provider in the U.S. (Popper, 2014). AT&T is a well-known telecom giant offering phone services counting Verizon, Time Warner, and Sprint among its competitors. This case analysis will include a brief organizational background for both AT&T and

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