US upset that China is doing something we wish we could

We are very, very upset about China's developing a weapon to destroy enemy satellites:

The United States, Australia and Canada have voiced their concern to China over a test in space of a satellite-killing weapon last week, the White House has said.

Gordon Johndroe, National Security Council spokesman, said on Thursday:"The US believes China's development and testing of such weapons is inconsistent with the spirit of co-operation that both countries aspire to in the civil space area.

Of course, while complaining out of one side of our mouth, we continue to develop satellite killers of our own out of the other side. (Somehow that mouth metaphor didn't work, did it?)

In classified projects shielded from public debate, the US has been widely reported to be developing satellite-killers of its own, using more advanced technologies, including lasers.

Sounds like we're just a bunch of sore losers since China got there first.