Presenting the keynote speech at the Space Symposium, acting Defense
Secretary Patrick Shanahan sought to push the idea that the US needs to
spend vastly more on space, and needs at least three new space
organizations.
As far as why the US needs to spend billions militarizing space,
Shanahan went with the popular excuse: China. He declared China the “greatest threat to American assets in space” and warned that the next major war could be “won or lost in space.”
Shanahan in particular seemed concern that China had ground-based lasers
that could be fired at satellites in low orbit which are expected to be
operational within a year, and said the US needs to have a “decisive”
amount of capabilities in space just to deter them.
While China has lasers, it is not at all clear that this is anything
beyond a potential hedge against US military attacks against them. That
appears to be neither here nor there for Shanahan and other officials,
who see a new focus on space as a justification for massive spending
increases, and are promising to promote space personnel across the board
when that happens. Since he was saying this all to a space-oriented
conference, it’s also not surprising that he was telling the crowd what
they wanted to hear.
The Mighty Dragon will flame the feathers of the enervated Eagle.
China, with it’s population, economy, and unity of it’s people, will soon over take the U.S. as the worlds only super power and will prove by doing so that diversity is no strength, but rather the unity of one tribe and one purpose.
Lets start deporting non-whites. That must be the solution to our diversity problem, right Christian Jay?
wars, any one who comes here legally, and has citizenship and will accept the culture of the country and blend in, is more than welcome. However, that is no longer the case, and the death spiral has begun.
So if a Muslim comes to this country can he/she remain a Muslim?
wars, What do you think,,will they assimilate into our Western culture?
In other words, you are ok with diversity as long as there is no diversity. And by our Western culture you must mean Christianity. Oh, any sectarian wars down in Dearborn? Is Sharia law fully implemented yet??
wars, What does “diversity” mean to you and how does it prove to be a positive to the USA? I believe the USA is a Caucasian, Mexican, Black and Native nation and culture, Christian, Jewish and Native American being the major Faith institutions that make up that USA culture. That combination has made the USA the greatest and most free nation on Earth. 🙂
You mean the first white “christian” invaders were welcomed by he native Americans???
rosemerry, “white Christian invaders”,,,??,,,I do not respond to such silly cliches’. Take some history courses please.
China’s government recognizes 56 distinct ethnic groups in its population.
It has 300 living languages and only 70% of Chinese speak the “official” language (Mandarin) as their first language versus 82% speaking English as their first language in the US.
Each of China’s two biggest religious groups (ancestrists and Buddhists) have less market share than the biggest religious group in the US (Protestant Christians), and Muslims are a larger religious minority in China than in the US.
The US isn’t in anything like the same league as China when it comes to “diversity.”
Thomas, China is in no way as divisive and torn apart by groups as the USA is today! China has a common purpose and a common culture, they are one and for that reason they will rule the US in a very short order, much to my dismay.
Fortunately you’re wrong on both counts.
Have you been continuously wrong about pretty much everything for long enough to win the free set of steak knives yet, or do you still have a thing or two left to be wrong about?
We’re the biggest threat to China, in Space, too.
Delaware incorporation gives Cosmic privatization rights to top US owners.
A billion Chinese are dust in the wind before the might of Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Enron Musk, the Coke bros and the Wall Market Clan.
Machete…IN SPACE!
Of course all the space invading is illegal, but for the USA, treaties mean nothing, international law and especially peace are ignored, other nations are assumed to be as evil in their intentions as the USA demonstrates itself to be, so blame China.