Comments on: A billion dollars for space weapons? Kinda. http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/02/27/a-billion-dollars-for-space-weapons-kinda/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-billion-dollars-for-space-weapons-kinda Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Darnell Clayton http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/02/27/a-billion-dollars-for-space-weapons-kinda/#comment-10459 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:12:48 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/02/27/a-billion-dollars-for-space-weapons-kinda/#comment-10459 Yeah, more weapons in space!

Glad to see our resources being put to good use. Is it me, or is it in our nature to destroy ourselves?

]]> By: Kevin Parkin http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/02/27/a-billion-dollars-for-space-weapons-kinda/#comment-10398 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:42:10 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/02/27/a-billion-dollars-for-space-weapons-kinda/#comment-10398 The philosophical endpoint for CDI is to oppose progress in space, as any progress may be used offensively.

I argue that ORS makes ASATs less relevant, not more so – it is a stabilizing factor and I believe a commensurate response to the present situation. Onset of China war with Taiwan may rest on our successful implementation of ORS in fact, not on paper.

AF are no longer credible on space, they have failed as they have lost their best space people and continue to do so. I challenge AF to prove otherwise.

]]> By: richardb http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/02/27/a-billion-dollars-for-space-weapons-kinda/#comment-10391 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:47:24 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/02/27/a-billion-dollars-for-space-weapons-kinda/#comment-10391 Well if the CDI takes an expansive view of American space based defense programs, imagine how creative our Chinese and Russian friends will be if we get down to negotiating a treaty to ban ASAT’s.

By the way, the CDI says “In the absence of a clear national strategy to secure the future use of space,…”. Wait. Clinton published one about 9 years ago. Bush just did his own update. That is one democratic and republican administration. Bi-partisan. Maybe someone should tell Teresa Hutchinson and the CDI about those publications.

]]> By: cIclops http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/02/27/a-billion-dollars-for-space-weapons-kinda/#comment-10381 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:21:07 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2007/02/27/a-billion-dollars-for-space-weapons-kinda/#comment-10381 The obvious way of dealing with ASAT weapons aimed at GEO targets is to destroy their launch facilities. China for example only has three (they are building a fourth) launch sites capable of supporting the large boosters needed to reach GEO.

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