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EDITORIAL: Defending the skies: National Space Policy should avoid taking an aggressive tone.(Editorial)

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| November 17, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Columbus Dispatch. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Nov. 17--Whoever controls the heavens controls the world, and the United States can't afford to be defenseless. But the wording of a revision to the U.S. National Space Policy, which was declassified last month, has put the international community on edge. World leaders read between the lines that the U.S. plans to base weapons in space but prevent other nations from doing the same. "United States national security is critically dependent upon space capabilities and this dependence will grow," the policy says. It appropriately compares access to space with the important national-security access to the seas and airspace.

The U.S. will "deny, if necessary,…

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