Les Etats-Unis poursuivent-ils le développement d'armes spatiales ?

On parlait du site GlobalSecurity dans un autre fil, et cet article intéressant y a été publié récemment :

http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/sbi.htm

Initially the Bush Administration articulated missile defense plans that included a significant commitement to a Space Based Interceptor [SBI] program. These plans provoked technical criticism and political controversy. The Administration apparently dropped these plans for space weapons, and the controversy faded. Critics of space based weapons were left with nothing to criticize. In reality, the Administration continued the Space-Based Interceptor program under a classified program, PE 0603891C Special Programs MDA, that first appeared in the 2005 budget request, around the time that overt funding for space based weapons was fading away. The program continues, without the political contoversy that had attended the overtly funded program of previous years.