From The New York Times:
After a Chinese interceptor smashed into a target satellite in January, Bush administration officials criticized the test as a destabilizing development…
Three months after the Chinese launching, a new debate has developed as to whether the administration properly handled the episode or missed an opportunity to discourage the Chinese from crossing a new military threshold.
The events show that the administration felt constrained in its dealings with China because of its view that it had little leverage to stop an important Chinese military program, and because it did not want to let Beijing know how much the United States knew about its space launching activities. [Full Text]
