July 21, 2004 :: Defense News :: News
The United States and China have competing designs for space, notes a recent story carried by Defense News. The story references a yet to be released U.S. National Security Space Policy document, which outlines China’s ambitions and possible U.S. responses.
That China is indeed a rising strategic competitor is a fact which must be faced, rather than denied or ignored.
One quote contained in the story is especially worth noting, by Joan Johnson-Freese, the chairwoman of National Security Decision Making at the Naval War College:
On September 10, 2001, what was the No.1 issue?…China was seen as a strategic competitor. Though there has been some cooperation with China on the war on terror and in North Korea, there is an underlying fear that China is the next near-competitor.
But what was true about China on September 10 is also true today. Lest the war on terrorism be waged in the absence of strategic clarity, such strategic competition must not be forgotten. The war on terrorism should not serve as a distraction from the strategic concerns of Russia, China, and other rogue regimes. (Article)
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