Open Directory - Society: Issues: Warfare and Conflict: Planetary Defense

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BBC News: Government Prepares for Space Impact - The UK government is to establish a panel of experts to advise on the risk of the Earth being hit by an asteroid or comet, and plans for evacuation and/or deflection.
Impact - Describes the threat of a comet impact with Earth and provides a plan of action to survive a large impact.
Impact Parameters - Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts.
Meteor Defense - An argument for reducing global tension by developing a defense against impacts with Near Earth Objects.
The SpaceGuard UK Portal - National focus in the UK for studies into the threat posed to the Earth by collisions with asteroids and comets.
China Daily: Dangerous Space Rocks Under Watch - Astronomers say they are well on their way to finding every asteroid that poses a threat. (April 08, 2004)
U.S. Summons Experts to Draft Asteroid Defense Plan - A Cincinnati Post news story about a meeting called by the U.S. government on the chances of an asteroid strike and a possible defense for it. (June 07, 2002)

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