Reply #23: This is some of the ghastliest news you can ever read..........

[Judi Lynn]

From the article:

The Pentagon has always examined space as a possible battleground, but the budget request marks a transition from laboratory theory to reality. And the Bush administration has sought to keep the military's options open despite international opposition to weapons in space.

Indeed, for the first time ever, the United States voted last fall to block a UN resolution calling for a ban on weapons in space. In the past, the US delegation abstained from voting on similar measures.
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I surely hope something will be done to check their absurd, and vicious quest for more and more power over others, and wealth.

Ugly, ugly Republicans.