From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=china+satellite+missile&btnG=Google+Sear
ch&meta=

etc.

Interesting message to send.

I have to reserve the right to be extremely amused at the US response e.g.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/18/AR2007011801029
.html

"China's action drew sharp protests from other nations with satellite
programs -- a predictable response that experts said dramatically
illustrates Chinese willingness to face broad international criticism when
it comes to space, which Beijing considers a key part of the push to
modernize its military and increase its ability to compete in high-tech
warfare.

"The U.S. believes China's development and testing of such weapons is
inconsistent with the spirit of cooperation that both countries aspire to
in the civil space area," National Security Council spokesman Gordon
Johndroe said yesterday. "We and other countries have expressed our
concern regarding this action to the Chinese.""

Is this the same US which

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/17/AR2006101701484
.html

"President Bush has signed a new National Space Policy that rejects
future arms-control agreements that might limit U.S. flexibility in space
and asserts a right to deny access to space to anyone "hostile to U.S.
interests."

The document, the first full revision of overall space policy in 10 years,
emphasizes security issues, encourages private enterprise in space, and
characterizes the role of U.S. space diplomacy largely in terms of
persuading other nations to support U.S. policy."

"In 2004, the Air Force published a Counterspace Operations Doctrine
that called for a more active military posture in space and said that
protecting U.S. satellites and spacecraft may require "deception,
disruption, denial, degradation and destruction." Four years earlier,
a congressionally chartered panel led by Defense Secretary Donald H.
Rumsfeld recommended developing space weapons to protect military and
civilian satellites.

Because of the political sensitivities, several analysts said, the Pentagon
probably will not move forward quickly with space weapons but rather will
work on dual-use technology that can serve military and civilian interests.
But because many space initiatives are classified, Krepon and others said,
it is difficult to know what is being developed and deployed.

Some of the potential space weapons most frequently discussed are lasers
that can "blind" or shut down adversary satellites and small,
maneuverable satellites that could ram another satellite.

"


Sauce for the goose?

Adam

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