One thing that seemed to worry Theresa Hitchens is that the new weapon could increase the danger of a space arms race.

特雷莎·希钦斯似乎担心的一件事是，这种新武器可能会增加太空军备竞赛的危险。

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Experts worry about setting off a space arms race.

专家担心会引发外空军备竞赛。

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China stands for the peaceful use of outer space and opposes arms race in outer space.

中国主张和平利用太空，反对在太空搞军备竞赛。

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The US denies the operation was a response to an anti-satellite test carried out by China last year, which prompted fears of a space arms race.

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Advocates of this hardy arms control perennial have already seized on the Chinese ASAT test to warn anew that the Bush National Space Policy is evidence of the dreaded U.S. "unilateralism" that must be stopped lest it precipitate an arms race in space.

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Third, the rivalry with Russia played out mainly in technology spheres such as the arms race and the space race.

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