Recent articles about the satellite intercept

"BMD Focus: Killing NROL-21 -- Part 1"
SpaceWar, 2/21/08
Source: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/BMD_Focus_Killing_NROL-21_Part_1_999.html

"Killing NROL-21 Part Two"
SpaceWar, 2/22/08
Source: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/BMD_Focus_Killing_NROL-21_Part_2_999.html

"Sat Shoot-Down Part of Arms Race: Russia"
Agence France-Presse via DefenseNews, 2/17/08
Source: http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3378279&c=EUR&s=ALL

"U.S. Defends Satellite Shootdown Plans"
Aviation Week, 2/17/08
Source: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/SM302148.xml

"Space: The Russia-China defense"
ISN via Sperocite, 2/20/08 (?)
Source: http://www.sperocite.com/mbarticle.asp?id=14560&s=1

"Our view on weapons in space: Satellite shoot-down plan reignites treaty debate "
USA Today, 2/21/08
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20080221/cm_usatoday/ourviewonweaponsinspacesatelliteshootdownplanreignitestreatydebate

"USA Today's Editorial on Weapons in Space and the Marshall Institute Response"
Marshall Institute, 2/21/08
Source: http://www.marshall.org/article.php?id=578

"Missile Defense to the Rescue!"
Townhall.com, 2/21/08
Source: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/GeorgeLandrith/2008/02/21/missile_defense_to_the_rescue!

"Space Arms Race Heats Up Overnight"
Space.com, 2/21/08
Source: http://www.space.com/news/080221-asat-aftermath.html

"US missile hits 'toxic satellite' "
BBC NEWS, 2/21/08
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7254540.stm

"It's Raining Satellites"
RIS Novosti via Energy Daily, 2/21/08
Source: http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/It_Raining_Satellites_999.html

"Destroyed Satellite's Debris Spotted"
Space.com, 2/21/08
Source: http://www.space.com/news/080221-sat-shoot-spot.html

"Destroying satellite may fuel arms race"
McClatchy Newspapers via Star-Telegram.com, 2/22/08
Source: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/488857.html

"Satellite shootdown signals U.S. prowess"
The Washington Post via Sun-Sentinel.com, 2/22/08
Source: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/services/newspaper/printedition/friday/nationworld/sfl-flasatellite0222sbfeb22,0,1069856.story

"US satellite strike escalates military space race "
the New York City Independent Media Center, 2/22/08
Source: http://nyc.indymedia.org/es/2008/02/94948.html

"Spy Satellite and Space Junk"
Blog, 2/22/08
Source: http://sciencesense-eyesopen.blogspot.com/2008/02/spy-satellite-and-space-junk.html

"Bush's Insane Solution for a Falling Satellite"
OpEdNews, 2/22/08
Source: http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_azchuck_080220_bush_s_insane_soluti.htm

"Turning Point for Missile Defense"
Real Clear Politics, 2/22/08
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/turning_point_for_missile_defe.html

"Shoot-down of Satellite raises fear of tests"
The Columbus Dispatch, 2/22/08
Source: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2008/02/22/wp_satellite.ART_ART_02-22-08_A4_419E844.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101

"Keep weapons on the ground"
The Journal Times, 2/22/08
Source: http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2008/02/22/opinion/doc47bf6ee341b72036561994.txt

"Pushing Missile Defense in Europe"
Foreign Policy In Focus, 2/22/08
Source: http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5005

"China Criticizes U.S. Missile Strike"
New York Times, 2/22/08
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/world/asia/22china.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

"Satellite Hit Boosts Missile Defense"
AP via Google, 2/22/08
Source: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-UN4DQ3MC1awu1NK_5uVNbhqoOQD8UUVE500

"On Space Diplomacy, Where the Stone Age meets the Space Age"
San Francisco Chronicle, 2/22/08
Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/22/EDJUV6KFR.DTL

"Satellite downing shows US arsenal"
The Boston Globe via boston.com, 2/22/08
Source: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/02/22/satellite_downing_shows_us_arsenal/

"China Wants US Satellite Downing Data"
AP via Google, 2/22/08
Source: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ibJVFnEc5X2LfqFd1w1viBVbABzQD8UV0MD00

"U.S. missile shoots down satellite - but why?"
The Christian Science Monitor, 2/22/08
Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0222/p02s01-usmi.html

"An Errant Satellite Is Gone, but Questions Linger"
AP via GoUpstate, 2/22/08
Source: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20080222/ZNYT02/802220368/1051/news

"Downing a spy satellite takes friendly fire to new heights"
LA Times via The China Post, 2/23/08
Source: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/commentary/2008/02/23/144140/Downing-a.htm

"China irate as United States shoots down satellite"
Business Standard, 2/23/08
Source: http://www.businessstandard.com/ft/storypage_ft.php?&autono=314722

"Spacedebate.org: View Citation : China's Space Ambitions"
SpaceDebate.org, 2/23/08 (?)
Source: http://www.spacedebate.org/citation/3168

"Satellite Shootdown Was a Necessary Operation"
The Heritage Foundation, 2/23/08
Source: http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/wm1823.cfm

"Weapons in Space"
C-Span, 2/23/08
Source: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=203213-3  (Note: To see this program, click on the "Watch" button located on the right side of the page)

"The Final Frontier"
The Brattleboro Reformer via CommonDreams.org, 2/23/08
Source: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/23/7249/

"Satellite Shootdown Fuels Fears of New Space Race"
IPS via mathaba, 2/23/08
Source: http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=582936

"Satellite shoot down was reckless"
brian.mcgowin, 2/23/08
Source: http://brianmcguigan.com/2008/satellite-shoot-down-reckless/

"Satellite shoot-down fuels fears of arms race (+video)"
Reuters via nzherald.co.uk, 2/23/08
Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=325&objectid=10494013

"U.S. hit nerve when missile struck satellite in low orbit"
Kearny Hub, 2/23/08
Source: http://www.kearneyhub.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19325350&BRD=268&PAG=461&dept_id=577573&rfi=6

"Shot in Space"
HeraldTribune.com, 2/23/08
Source: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080223/OPINION/802230476/1030

"China protests double standard on satellite strike"
World War 4 Report, 2/23/08
Source: http://www.ww3report.com/node/5140

"Hong Kong Paper Sees US Ambition in Outer Space"
BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific via RedOrbit, 2/23/08
Source: http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1266071/hong_kong_paper_sees_us_ambition_in_outer_space_via/index.html?source=r_space

"Experts See Satellite Hit as Space Weapons Test"
Turkish Weekly, 2/23/08
Source: http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=52777

"US display of antisatellite capability leaves rivals uneasy (topic overview)"
Recent World News, 2/23/08
Source: http://recent-world-news.com/data/articles_w8/idw2008.02.23.07.45.07.html

"Warning of catastrophe from mass of 'space junk'"
Guardian/The Observer, 2/24/08
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/feb/24/spaceexplorationspacejunk?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront  

"Satellite shootdown puts focus on security"
Air Force Times, 2/24/08
Source: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/02/airforce_spacecommand_022208w/

"U.S. satellite destruction endangers weapons-free space treaty"
AP, 2/24/08
Source: http://www.gainesvillesun.com/article/20080224/NEWS/926148964

"Satellite strike makes space treaty more elusive; less formal 'code' promoted"
AP, 2/24/08
Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/24/news/Weapons-in-Space.php

"Satellite strike struck diplomacy, too"
AP Special Correspondent, 2/24/08
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080224/ap_on_hi_te/weapons_in_space

"Australia considers US missile defence"
news.com.au, 2/24/08
Source: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23267187-1702,00.html

"Satellite fallout: Last week's hit of a US satellite points to a need for the US to avoid weapons in space"
The Christian Science Monitor, 2/25/08
Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0225/p08s01-comv.html



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brendanjoconnor

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