The United States Space Arsenal

ntmokey writes "When China tested a missile on its own satellite in January, the nation's aggressive statement immediately raised eyebrows among the world's other space-faring nations. Popular Mechanics looks at the implications of a conflict in space — including debris that could render space unusable for decades — and examines the United States' own space arsenal."

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Re:Star Wars

[vtcodger]

***Of course, it helped that the enemy that we faced was morally bankrupt and couldn't have possibly won the cold war. It frightens me that people actually associate "morally bankrupt" with "couldn't have possibly won." The two don't necessarily go together***

To which one might add, that if moral bankrupcy will inevitably destroy a political system, the United States itself may be in considerable trouble. It's not like the Bush administration has turned out to be a shining beacon of good behavior