again it became what has been referred to as the catcher's mitt where rockets fired from vandenberg air force base in california would land in the lagoon you're watching. while hanging onto the green building an anti-missile shield the americans band baaja name for more than twenty years but this sort of nuclear umbrella which cost the american taxpayers about ten billion dollars every year it's also very controversial because the united states doesn't hide its intention to install interceptors in space as you know they in government under paul martin was committed secretly silently and becoming part of the american missile defense plans and many of us said hey wait a minute this really isn't about missile defense this is really about. the first beginnings of the weaponization of space once we got the information to the public still sixty five percent favored it was sixty five percent i guess we forced it to those the americans approve we can use no thank you very much we were going to be part of it you are serious you want to work and for you and. to stand the outer space treaty. translation spee