[the_Watchman]

I'm less concerned about this than I am with Russia attempting to get us to back down over placing anti-missile systems in former Warsaw pact countries.

Any country which expects to able to defend its borders had better be able to take out overhead satellites.

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

[r9etb]

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.