Come on now. Who conducts an ASAT test, blows billions of bits of material into a satellite debilitating debris field, and then says: we are peaceful and did not mean to harm relations. That's like the kid with his hand in the cookie jar who says: I was not going to eat any of these cookies, only inspect them for defects. Pleeeaase!
Times Recorder Zanesville, OH
Just as everyone is watching Iran and North Korea, China is quietly, but rapidly, developing its anti-satellite (ASAT) capability to shoot down U.S. satellites.
This is the other face of China, the hard power side that they usually keep well hidden," says Chong-Pin Lin, an expert on China's military in Taiwan and the author of China's Nuclear Weapons Strategy, "they talk more about peace and diplomacy, but the push to develop lethal, high-tech capabilities has not slowed down at all."
"This is a wake-up call," warns Robert Joseph, the under secretary of state for arms control and international security, that China is "pursuing capabilities to exploit our vulnerabilities." The question is: how should the United States respond to such worrisome Chinese moves?
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