The Chinese have the new PlayStation 3 now and Bushie is upset. Take your ball and run on home, G-Dubya.

“…asserting the United States’ right to deny adversaries access to space for hostile purposes“… What arrogance we have!

U.S. criticizes China over missile test

WASHINGTON - The United States criticized China on Thursday for conducting an anti’satellite weapons test in which an old Chinese weather satellite was destroyed by a missile.

The Bush administration has kept a lid on the test for a week as it weighs its significance. Analysts said China’s weather satellites would travel at about the same altitude as U.S. spy satellites, so the test represented an indirect threat to U.S. defense systems.

“The United States believes China’s development and testing of such weapons is inconsistent with the spirit of cooperation that both countries aspire to in the civil space area,” National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said. “We and other countries have expressed our concern to the Chinese.”
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The head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Michael Maples, told Congress last week in his annual threat address that China and Russia are the “primary states of concern” regarding military space programs.
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In October, President Bush signed an order asserting the United States’ right to deny adversaries access to space for hostile purposes. As part of the first revision of U.S. space policy in nearly 10 years, the policy also said the United States would oppose the development of treaties or other restrictions that seek to prohibit or limit U.S. access to or use of space.

“Freedom of action in space is as important to the United States as air power and sea power,” the policy said. “In order to increase knowledge, discovery, economic prosperity and to enhance the national security, the United States must have robust, effective and efficient space capabilities.”

Source: Yahoo! News