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Space Weather: A Potential Threat?

Sitra Khan
Australian Defence Force

Technology usually follows a certain progression – first the device gets more features before it reduces in size. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) fill this description perfectly, and we have yet to come up with an adequate defence for them.