Spaced-out future security

Washington Times ^ | Saturday, October 25, 2003 | By Terence P. Jeffrey

[JohnHuang2]

Why would the regime that runs China, which restricts both the foreign and domestic travel of its own people, insist on building rocket ships to send members of the People's Liberation Army into space?

Unravel this riddle wrapped in a mystery, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, and you will discover the secret at the center of one of the greatest security risks facing the United States in the coming decades.

[JohnHuang2]

Saturday, October 25, 2003

Quote of the Day by nonsporting

[Mr. Mojo]

"He hoped that all comrades on the space industry front... will conscientiously carry forward the 'two bombs and one satellite' spirit,".......This was the belligerent face of China in space. Orbiting aboard Divine Vessel 5,

Ungrateful bastards. They could at least give credit where credit is due and named the rocket "Clinton."

[etcetera]

"Since then, both companies have agreed to pay fines to settle their cases with the State Department."

Fines? Isn't treason a hanging offense?

[Paleo Conservative]

Ungrateful bastards. They could at least give credit where credit is due and named the rocket "Clinton."

An even better name for the missle would "Willie".

[Mr. Mojo]

lol

[per loin]

He pointed to the 1999 findings of a special committee chaired by Republican Rep. Chris Cox of California that studied the military implications of unauthorized U.S. technology transfers to China. "If you read the Cox Report," he said, "what some of our biggest companies did was give information to the Chinese missile program, the launch vehicle program, with respect to satellite launches, which was relevant to not only space launches but also to military launches, because the same boosters carry the warheads that are aimed at American cities as carry satellites."

Another stunning victory for the "free trade" bunch. What's a couple of obliterated American cities compared to a 0.21% rise in quarterly profits?

[Paleo Conservative]

What's a couple of obliterated American cities compared to a 0.21% rise in quarterly profits?

That depends on which cities.