Asics will help secure the network.
Can you elaborate on this? I don't really see just how ASICs would help make the network stronger just because the total network hashing power would be higher. To get 51% at this hashrate it would take a HUGE amount of hashing power that no one would really be interested in spending a huge amount of money on all the equipment and if the governments or banks or whatever would have a serious intent on taking down Bitcoin they would be able to do it even if the hashing power was 100x higher then now.
In my opinion ASICs add no security or anything of value. Only people who can afford to put a lot of money in mining will make money with Bitcoin mining when they come out and only the rich will get richer, so to say.