5.24.2005
Weapons in Space (NYTimes.com)
EDITORIAL
Published: May 24, 2005
The Air Force is pressing hard to develop defensive and offensive space weapons without adequately considering the potential adverse consequences. At this point, it is not clear whether Air Force aspirations for these weapons are mostly technological fantasy or have some real hope of success. It is certainly true that the Air Force wants to achieve and maintain military superiority in space. "We haven't reached the point of strafing and bombing from space," an Air Force official said last year. "Nonetheless, we are thinking about those possibilities."
Already, the Air Force has spent billions of dollars on its effort to develop space weapons, with little public discussion. Now, as an article by Tim Weiner of The Times revealed last Wednesday, the Air Force is seeking a presidential directive that could strengthen military uses of space.
(More ... Weapons in Space - New York Times) ¶ 21:30
Published: May 24, 2005
The Air Force is pressing hard to develop defensive and offensive space weapons without adequately considering the potential adverse consequences. At this point, it is not clear whether Air Force aspirations for these weapons are mostly technological fantasy or have some real hope of success. It is certainly true that the Air Force wants to achieve and maintain military superiority in space. "We haven't reached the point of strafing and bombing from space," an Air Force official said last year. "Nonetheless, we are thinking about those possibilities."
Already, the Air Force has spent billions of dollars on its effort to develop space weapons, with little public discussion. Now, as an article by Tim Weiner of The Times revealed last Wednesday, the Air Force is seeking a presidential directive that could strengthen military uses of space.
(More ... Weapons in Space - New York Times) ¶ 21:30
