Former US Representative from Oregon Les AuCoin has a post on BlueOregon titled "Countering China's anti-satellite weapon:"
I don’t know if the recent Chinese anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon test is a simple act of technology-strutting, or, as a National Security Council spokesman claims, an aggressive bid to militarize space.
I do know it demonstrates that our need to get on top of national security problems is not confined to the Mideast. And that it presents an opportunity for an arms control legacy for President Bush where there is none now. And that by negotiating a flight test ban on ASATs, the President would substantially improve the security of the U.S. and the world at large....
...The Chinese test has given President Bush the opportunity to create a national security legacy other than the fiasco in Iraq. There is every reason to believe the Chinese would be receptive to a U.S. proposal for an ASAT flight test ban. The Russians would need to be included, of course. If these negotiations succeed, they could serve as the first step toward creating a far-reaching structure of strategic stability in a future world in which China may be a military superpower.
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