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DOES CHINA HAVE MILITARY AMBITIONS FOR THE MOON? The idea was straightforward and simple from thi?

By Glenn Reynolds

DOES CHINA HAVE MILITARY AMBITIONS FOR THE MOON?

The idea was straightforward and simple from this magazine editor’s standpoint?parlay the buzz about China’s lunar ambitions into a conjectural story about the weapons and tactics of a lunar battle. But my “battle for the moon” scenario started to fall apart immediately­?mostly because the moon is of such little military utility.

Yeah, those “high ground” analogies don’t really take account of astrodynamics.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 24, 2011 (boomark / email).