The article demonstrates the stupidity of the Bush withdrawal In 2002 from the 30-year-old Antiballistic Missile Treaty, which banned space-based weapons. These weapons are the equivalent of nuclear weapons and do not require missiles. Why shouldn't Iran or North Korea or Pakistan have them? If we develop them, why shouldn't other countries. By the way, our 100 billion dollar missile defense (another stupid Republican money wasting program) won't work against them! sam