From: Adam 

Oh & in case you weren't aware of the US policy he is a quote-let

"The United States will preserve its rights, capabilities, and freedom
of action in space... and deny, if necessary, adversaries the use of space
capabilities hostile to US national interests,"

Compare that to :

"Air Chief Marshal Shashi Tyagi said India was an aerospace power with
"trans-oceanic reach" and it was vital it should be able to
exploit space"


So it's vital to the US national interest to be able to deny space &
seemingly vital to the BRIC quartet to be able to freely expploit space w/o
hindrance.



Adam


Adam wrote:
> Humm.....
>
> Ever since the US put out it's provocative statement/space policy there
> have bene those wondering how BRIC would respond (Brazil, Russia, India
> China).
>
> We've seen the Chinese response & now for the Indians:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6307875.stm
>
> "India says it is to build an aerospace defence command aimed at
> preventing possible attacks from space.
>
> The head of India's air force outlined the plans saying it would protect
> both Indian territory and assets.
>
> Air Chief Marshal Shashi Tyagi said India was an aerospace power with
> "trans-oceanic reach" and it was vital it should be able to
exploit space.
>
> It comes two weeks after China carried out a test in which it used a
> missile to destroy an old satellite in orbit.
>
> Military command
>
> In the wake of China's test, in which a ground-based medium-range
> ballistic missile was used to destroy a weather satellite, Indian Prime
> Minister Manmohan Singh called for a "weapons free outer space".
>
> The demand was backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a
> recent visit to India.
>
>  "The fundamental position of the Russian Federation is that outer space
> should be absolutely weapons free," Mr Putin told a joint press
> conference with Mr Singh in Delhi.
>
> Military analysts say the Indian project would probably replicate the
> North American Aerospace Defence Command (Norad) set up by the United
> States and Canada, which detects and tracks man-made objects in space.
>
> "As the reach of our air force is expanding it has become extremely
> important that we exploit space and for it you need space assets," Air
> Chief Marshal Tyagi said.
>
> "We are an aerospace power having trans-oceanic reach and we have
> started training a core group of people for the aerospace command," he
> added.
>
> He said civilian expertise would be used to be build the planned
> aerospace command, but that it would be under military command. "
>
> The BRIC countries have been holding to the same position for a while
> now wrt no militarization of space. The US has been refusing to even
> countenance such a treaty.
>
> Pressure or intent? Are we going to see a Russian announcement next?
>
> Adam
>
>

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