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| January 30, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Reed Business Information Ltd. 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

Byline: anti-satellite weapons graham warwick / Washington DC

The USA has two opposing options following anti-satellite weapon test. One is to decide to develop its own capability

China's anti-satellite weapon test on 11 January could push the USA in one of two directions: towards developing its offensive and defensive capabilities in space or towards negotiating an international treaty banning space weapons.

But under the USA's new, more militaristic national space policy, released in October last year, simply ignoring the Chinese anti-satellite (ASAT) test would not seem to be an option. In its first policy update since 1996, the US government made clear it would take all threats to its space assets seriously.

Washington led condemnation of the January test, which made China…

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