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I don't trust the Red Chinese as far as I can throw them, but this development could be taken as a defensive posture.

I don't know that you can separate offensive from defensive thinking here.

It's obvious by inspection that our military is heavily dependent on our space assets -- they're an obvious target regardless of your military posture.

But we can't really complain that a country intends to defend itself. If you were the Prime Minister of India wouldn't you want to be able to control the space above your head?

We can protest publicly when Iran openly develops nuclear weapons, but it's gonna sound real hollow to complain about this development.

BTW: Please do not construe my comments as a defense of the Red Chinese. I think we goofed big time when we declared the cold war over just because the Soviet Union collapsed. We should have stood by our guns and kept the pressure on the Chicoms.