Air Force had cancelled twice had become so central to its operations that it allowed a new way to fight warfare. This stunning space derived precision brought new problems. The Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia was completely destroyed when it was misidentified by the CIA. Once the coordinates of the (mistaken) target went to the plane, its destruction was certain. Thi growth of military space led the Air Force to declare it was on the way from moving from an air and space force to a space and air force. by the end of the decade, there was serious talk of changing its name to the Aerospace Force as well as calls for a new Space force. There was much talk in the air of the parallels with the birth of the Air Force from the Army. The growth of commercial space and the growth of military dependence on space led to renewed discussion of the militarization of space. If it is so valuable, then others would realize this and may attack us there. By the end of the decade, there was renewed emphasis on the mission of space control and discussion of using space to place weapons. In particular, Congressional pressure forced the Administration to agree to a space based laser experiments early in the next century. This SBL experiment would show the feasibility of a space based laser weapon to shoot down ballistic missiles. Thus the US declared it wanted to renegotiate the abm treaty with russia. Both the Russians and Chinese have declared their concern about uS space activities and condemned any thought of antisatellite weapons. Thus the decade ended with the US moving down the road of the militarization of space and suggesting it would counter any hostile use of spaceAir Force had cancelled twice had become so central to its operations that it allowed a new way to fight warfare. This stunning space derived precision brought new problems. The Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia was completely destroyed when it was misidentified by the CIA. Once the coordinates of the (mistaken) target went to the plane, its destruction was certain. This growth of military space led the Air Force to declare it was on the way from moving from an air and space force to a space and air force. By the end of the decade, there was serious talk of changing its name to the Aerospace Force as well as calls for a new Space force. There was much talk in the air of the parallels with the birth of the Air Force from the Army. The growth of commercial space and the growth of military dependence on space led to renewed discussion of the militarization of space. If it is so valuable, then others would realize this and may attack us there. By the end of the decade, there was renewed emphasis on the mission of space control and discussion of using space to place weapons. In particular, Congressional pressure forced the Administration to agree to a space based laser experiments early in the next century. This SBL experiment would show the feasibility of a space based laser weapon to shoot down ballistic missiles. Thus the US declared it wanted to renegotiate the ABM treaty with Russia. Both the Russians and Chinese have declared their concern about US space activities and condemned any thought of antisatellite weapons. Thus the decade ended with the US moving down the road of the militarization of space and suggesting it would counter any hostile use of space