U.S. the leader in war plans for space - Gaining the ultimate high ground

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Global Security - July 28, 2003 - When the Bush administration announced in 2001 that it would withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so it could build a national defense system designed to shoot enemy missiles out of the sky, critics warned it would start an arms race in space. Supporters, certain the United States would win, essentially

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Another article :

"The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (7/28, Kelly) reports that when the Bush Administration "announced in 2001 that it would withdraw from the Anti- Ballistic Missile Treaty so it could build a national defense system designed to shoot enemy missiles out of the sky, critics warned it would start an arms race in space." But supporters, "certain the United States would win, essentially said, 'Let the race begin.' Two years later, the United States has bolted from the starting blocks and is so far ahead that it is hard to make out any potential competitors in the rearview mirror." Pentagon "scenarios for war in space go far beyond shooting down missiles that threaten the US homeland," and supporters "regard such plans as the natural evolution of 21st-century military technology." Critics "worry that 'weaponizing' space will take the human race over yet another military threshold, creating a destabilizing arms race that would waste global resources and potentially put the United States most at risk because its economy is most dependent on satellite communications." The "swift U.S. military victory in Iraq hints at the potential of space power." John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org said, "If you ask what was the difference between Iraq's army and America's Army, the big difference was satellites. It's why the United States is unbeatable on a conventional battlefield. It's why the United States is the sole remaining superpower. It's why we frighten the living daylights out of the rest of the planet." The Post-Gazette adds, "The Bush Administration is laying the groundwork to eventually expand and entrench that dominance." Last year, President Bush "made explicit the goal of maintaining U.S. military superiority over any other nation or group of potential adversaries." Three "key supporters of exploiting the U.S. lead in space warfare are Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney and Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff."

I'm not surprised....

- July 28, 2003 - http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2003/030728-space02.htm