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Originally Posted by Larry Jacks
is just a piece of paper to be discarded when inconvienent.
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This is why USA
says that any new treaty is necessary? I see that little thing called "reputation" means for you nothing. And are you suggest that all peacy treaties, ban on nuclear weapon testing etc. are worthless? You must live on interesting, if not paranoidal, world. Good that is not my world.
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Originally Posted by Larry Jacks
I doubt the Chinese would spend all that money to develop an ASAT capability with the goal of getting a signature on a piece of paper. More likely, this is another weapon in their inventory to be used when they see fit.
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Or simply both possibilities. You would be surprised how sometimes piece of paper can be powerful.