Gray Rinehart
11-25-2008, 09:19 PM
The Europeans are no slouches when it comes to civil and commercial space technology, but up until now we haven't had to worry overmuch about them as potential military space rivals.
And now this, as reported in the Telegraph: EU developing 'militarised' space policy which could trigger 'arms race.' (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/3493260/EU-developing-militarised-space-policy-which-could-trigger-arms-race.html)
The Transnational Institute, a Dutch think-tank, said: "EU-financed communication and spy satellites are slowly becoming reality and in the long term the inclusion of space-based missile defence and other more offensive uses of space are real options for an increasingly ambitious EU military space policy."
How concerned should we be about this?
And now this, as reported in the Telegraph: EU developing 'militarised' space policy which could trigger 'arms race.' (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/3493260/EU-developing-militarised-space-policy-which-could-trigger-arms-race.html)
The Transnational Institute, a Dutch think-tank, said: "EU-financed communication and spy satellites are slowly becoming reality and in the long term the inclusion of space-based missile defence and other more offensive uses of space are real options for an increasingly ambitious EU military space policy."
How concerned should we be about this?