Evenfinancialmarketswithlittledirect exposure to mortgage-relatedassetsrisk becoming destabilized by diminishingmarketconfidenceandslowingexportgrowth.
As a result, the sort of ASAT negotiations the Clinton White House already quietly has begun with the Russians likely are to produce the worst of both worlds limitations that will inhibit, if not preclude, American space control capabilities without significantly diminishing the threat posed to vital U.S. space assets.