Russia has parity with the US in military space capability, and in some areas they have a superiority. China has near parity with the US in military space capability. Both are far behind the US in conventional air and naval power.
By stoking a space armed race, we converted the theater of military competition from one where we are far ahead, to one where we are at the same level as our competitors.
What is worse, our national debt is set to balloon due to trumpian tax cuts. Our military spending in space will therefore be financed either directly or indirectly with debt. China is our largest creditor, as well as our competitor in space who starts out with neat equal footing with us. We will likely soon lose that source of credit because China buying Americans debts is contingent on on-going trade between the two countries which trump will likely shut down with a trade war. All the while China, with a economy similar in size to those of America, but a military spending 1/4 as large, has vastly more room to ramp up their military spending then we do.
By stoking a space armed race, we converted the theater of military competition from one where we are far ahead, to one where we are at the same level as our competitors.
What is worse, our national debt is set to balloon due to trumpian tax cuts. Our military spending in space will therefore be financed either directly or indirectly with debt. China is our largest creditor, as well as our competitor in space who starts out with neat equal footing with us. We will likely soon lose that source of credit because China buying Americans debts is contingent on on-going trade between the two countries which trump will likely shut down with a trade war. All the while China, with a economy similar in size to those of America, but a military spending 1/4 as large, has vastly more room to ramp up their military spending then we do.
