Spacedebate.org -- a new effort to expand the debate on the weaponization of space through a collaborative wiki-like tool for structured debate on a topic -- launched recently. The project is modeled after Wikipedia, but instead of focusing on developing an encyclopedia it invites users to help edit and expand an 'argument tree' that reflects the various positions in the debate over U.S. military space policy. Users can browse the argument tree or an extensive database of resources, including links to relevant news articles, authoritative quotes, and a comprehensive bibliography of sources.

The National Review editors argue that since the weaponization of space is inevitable, it is in the interests of the U.S. to pursue the deployment of space weapons.

The Air Force, saying it must secure space to protect the nation from attack, is seeking President Bush's approval of a national-security directive that could move the United States closer to fielding offensive and defensive space weapons, according to White House and Air Force officials

The Air Force?with mounting urgency?is seeking new ways to protect and preserve the nation?s assets in space. In the minds of senior service leaders, it?s no longer a question of whether the so-called ?Space Control? mission is necessary, only how soon it will have to be performed."

The author argues that the Air Force should strive for space superiority by increasing space surveillance efforts and moving forward on offensive and defensive counterspace programs.

U.S. Navy Adm. James Ellis, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, argued recently that the U.S. military cannot afford to wait any longer before moving forward aggressively with new measures to defend its satellites from enemy attacks

The author argues that the U.S. is far ahead in the race to weaponize space that "it is hard to make out any potential competitors in the rearview mirror."

The Air Force Space Command has issued a strategic master plan that details U.S. plan to develop exotic new weapons, nuclear warheads and spacecraft to allow the US to hit any target on earth within seconds. It also unashamedly states that the US will not allow any other power to get a foothold in space.

The United States is planning to take control of parts of space and develop patrolling military aircraft in orbit as part of a revived Star Wars proposal for an American military empire above the ozone layer.

A U.S. Air Force General boasted that the U.S. military's dominance in space is so great that he "would pity a country that would come up against us."