Wikipedia says "China's anti-satellite (ASAT) program has been under development since 1964." Russia has done the same for the same amount of time. It's long past time to acknowledge this openly and create a MAD capability.
Strongly disagree. The US and its allies use to great advantage (and are also more reliant on) space than most of our adversaries. MAD policy for space hurts us more than the bad guys. Its much better to have policies that prevent the weaponization of space. If we fail at that and real shooting starts, we lose a great advantage from the standpoint of communications and remote sensing that support our warfighters on the battlefield.