Sen. Biden Warns Against Space Arms Race

Las Vegas Sun ^ | January 21, 2007 at 8:55:11 PST | DESMOND BUTLER ASSOCIATED PRESS

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

WASHINGTON (AP) -

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman warned on Sunday against fostering an arms race in space after China was reported to have conducted an anti-satellite weapons test.

Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., said the test was provocative, but that the United States had ways to combat the threat posed by it.

"I don't think we should be overly worried about this at this point," Biden said. "We have ways to deal with that ability."

The U.S. said China conducted the test earlier this month in which an old Chinese weather satellite was destroyed by a missile.

Biden, who is running for president in 2008, said President Bush's policy on weapons in space need to be reviewed.

"One of the things we have to talk about is whether or not the, sort of, ideological base notion about how we deal with space and weapons in space and the use of weapons from space is something that is a path we should continue to follow," he said.

In October, Bush signed an order asserting the United States' right to deny adversaries access to space for hostile purposes. As part of the first revision of U.S. space policy in nearly 10 years, the update said the U.S. would oppose the development of treaties or other restrictions that seek to prohibit or limit America's access to or use of space.

"This is not the direction we want to go, in escalating competition in space. And we should be talking about it," Biden said.

Analysts said China's weather satellites would travel at about the same altitude as U.S. spy satellites, so the test represented an indirect threat to American defense systems.

The Chinese foreign ministry has denied knowledge of the test.

Biden appeared on "Fox News Sunday."

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[RobbyS]

This is not the direction we want to go, in escalating competition in space. And we should be talking about it," Biden said. This is consistent with Democrati efforts to shut down "Star Wars" research ever since Reagan made the speech. They didn't think the USSR was a danger then; they don't think China is a danger now.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

Who , is he warning ?

[Fitzcarraldo]

Are spy satellites considered a weapon in space? I believe the Chinese think so.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Biden's a democrat, so their plan to combat this would be to surrender and hope China is appeased.

[kinoxi]

"This is not the direction we want to go, in escalating competition in space. And we should be talking about it," Biden said.

We should not be talking about it. We should just pretend it goes away until it literally blows up in our faces?

[HangnJudge]

Wimp

Our intelligence capability would be severely degraded
If someone started to shoot out the eyes in the sky

[onyx]

He's consistent --- always wrong.

[Jaysun]

"This is not the direction we want to go, in escalating competition in space. And we should be talking about it," Biden said.

I don't get Biden's point here. According to him we're escalating competition and should fix it by allowing other nations to put weapons in space? That's as incoherent a thought as anyone has ever had.

[Cicero]

"Then, as the Lord commanded, Senator Joe Biden lifted his staff over the sea, and the Chinese were confounded."

--Exodus 14

Oh, maybe I didn't get that quite right.

But I guess what I'm wondering is, what makes Senator Joe Biden think the Chinese will stop trying to seize the high ground in outer space before we do, just because he says so?

[RegulatorCountry]

"We have ways to deal with that ability."

Something about ol' Hairplugs saying "ve haf vays" through gritted teeth as he always does, just grates on my nerves. As if he didn't fight tooth and nail to prevent our having any way to "deal with that ability."

[KevinDavis]

Biden is idiot........

[EagleUSA]

Biden -- another lily-livered socialist wimp. Maybe he and Carter should find a nice corner in a rest home where they could sing peace songs together. Such fools and idiots they are ---

[fieldmarshaldj]

Someone needs to warn Biden about the dangers of stapling ass hair to ones scalp.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

"This is not the direction we want to go, in escalating competition in space. And we should be talking about it," Biden said.

"Talkie, talkie, talkie...no more talkie." - Billy Madison (who, it should be noted, here shows intellect and reason which clearly surpasses that of Senator Hairplug).

[Seaplaner]

This is not the direction we want to go, in escalating competition in space said Biden-the-plagiarist-and-Wiki-bio-modifier.

So, in the World according to Biden, when the bad guys score a TD in the name of hegemonic aggression, we would do best to avoid competition and have a nice chat about it.

Biden's foreign policy is to appease that alligator with the fond hope that it will eat us last.

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[finnman69]

"All you do to me is talk talk"

[SunkenCiv]

Biden, who is running for president in 2008, said President Bush's policy on weapons in space need to be reviewed.

s/b

Biden, who will have has ass handed to him early in 2008, said some stuff about the President's policy on something or other, but no one was listening.

;')

[Mr_Moonlight]

The Chinese foreign ministry has denied knowledge of the test

That tells us all that we need to know about it, Senator Plugs

[JerseyJohn61]

Once again, Joe Bidden lives up to the billing that Marc
Levine has addressed to him. Yes, Joe Bidden is the stupidest
man in congress.

When will the Dumbmocrat learn that wishing a situation did
not exist, does not make the situation "not" exist....JJ61