China Confirms Anti-Satellite Missile Test
(AP) China confirmed Tuesday that it conducted an anti-satellite weapons
test that alarmed the world and prompted questions about Beijing's motives.
Both Washington and Tokyo have expressed concern over the Jan. 11 test in
which China used a missile to shoot down one of its own old weather
satellites. Both countries criticized the test as a step toward militarizing
outer space and demanded explanations from Beijing.
In China's first public comment about
