Russians Want to Defy US Space Efforts

A senior Russian space official sharply criticized an assertive new U.S. space policy signed by President George W. Bush, saying Wednesday that it would increase tension and could lead to military confrontation in space, The Associated Press news agency reports. In the first revision of U.S. space policy in nearly a decade, Bush signed an order earlier this year asserting the United States' right to deny adversaries access to space for hostile purposes and saying the United States will oppose treaties or other restrictions that seek to prohibit or limit U.S. access to or use of space. “This document can be seen today as the first step toward a serious deepening of the military confrontation in space,” the Interfax news agency quoted Vitaly Davydov, deputy head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos, as saying. “Now the Americans are saying that they want not only to go to space but they want to dictate to others who else is allowed to go there,” Davydov said, according to the report. The order says the United States will “preserve its rights, capabilities, and freedom of action in space; dissuade or deter others from either impeding those rights or developing capabilities intended to do so” and “deny, if necessary, adversaries the use of space capabilities hostile to U.S. national interests.”

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If this is accurate (?) then I worry. First, that whimpering liberals in our Congress will wring their hands and bow down to Russia. Second, the Russians can kiss my behind - their intent is to put up military weapons.