China wins transparency praise with missile test (Washington Post)

U.S. Defense Department officials will be taking the Chinese missile intercept and anti-satellite tests into review as they draft the administration's Space Posture Review that will clarify American national security space policy and strategy for the near term, said Gregory Kulacki, senior analyst and China project manager for the Global Security Program under the Union of Concerned Scientists. "The test will drive home the importance of talking to China about missile defense and (anti-satellite) technologies before China completes the development of these interceptors and moves towards deployment," Kulacki said. Read full article.

Release Date: 
January 15, 2010