China Flexes its Might

China, without warning, shot down one of its own satellites, raising concern of a "Space Arms Race" although China said it carried out the surprise launch to force the U.S. into signing a treaty making Space weapon free. For more, click here.

UPDATE: Apparently, China is keeping unusually quiet about this missile test, and the United States is "trying to interpret" the silence, saying they are not even able to get the most simple diplomatic response to inquiries and said they were not sure President Hu was fully aware of the test before it happened and/or the reaction it would receive worldwide. It also has surfaced that the US Government kept this under wraps for almost an entire week (before someone leaked it, that must be some record), claiming they were giving the Chinese time to come up with a suitable explanation, but they are just met with dumbfounded looks at the Chinese Embassies, indicating they may not know about it (or, in my guess, have been told to do exactly as they are doing). Here is this story.