We must win!

This battle for space supremacy is one we can win. Neither Russia nor China, nor any other potential adversary, can match us in this area if we put our minds to it. We can and must develop ever-more-advanced satellite systems, anti-satellite systems and truly robust space launch and logistics capabilities. Then the next time an aggressor commits an act of war against the United States or a country we are pledged to defend, instead of impotently threatening to limit his tourist visas, we can respond by taking out his satellites, effectively informing him in advance the certainty of defeat should he persist.

If we desire peace on Earth, we need to prepare for war in space.

 

Robert Zubrin is president of Pioneer Energy, a senior fellow with the Center for Security Policy, and the author of "Energy Victory." The paperback edition of his latest book, "Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism," was recently published by Encounter Books.

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