Chinese Test Anti-Satellite Weapon

[Lorn]

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1188

I believe this is the next direction in warfare. Imagine the problems it will cause if the shoot down one that is beaming television. Now maybe that would be the cause of WWIII

[Miroslav]

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heh...but how about when the next conflict begins with China and they knock out low level orbit US military satellites that play a critical in the coordination of US troops, control of advanced weapons targeting, rapid communication, surveillance, etc...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/01/18/china.missile/index.html

"If we, for instance, got into a conflict over Taiwan, one of the first things they'd probably do would be to shoot down all of our lower Earth-orbit spy satellites, putting out our eyes," said John Pike of globalsecurity.org, a Web site that compiles information on worldwide security issues.

"The thing that is surprising and disturbing is that [the Chinese] have chosen this moment to demonstrate a military capability that can only be aimed at the United States," he said.

[Lorn]

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Yup. Scary thoughts.

[Yao]

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I think an American rocket shield is also scary. Can't you just both stay out of space and leave it for those that really think it is interesting for non-war and non-tactical reasons?

Thank you.

[thesightless]

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[Yao]

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[superdave]

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New cold war with a new super power? The next president will have his/her hands full dealing with Iraq, Iran, N. Korea, and China.

[Yao]

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Hey, it's Bush. He says God is with him, so he can do anything, right?

[runningman]

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nothing better then having a war between super power countries and a war against islam. yep these are great times we are living in.

[Lorn]

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Great times indeed.

[Miroslav]

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well, we are kinda overdue for another world war.

[88Mariner]

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great times indeed. it would be nice to...you know....NOT have to deal with islamofascism, the growing china threat, the importing poverty from mexico, the resurgence of south american communist triangle, and canadian spy coins.

Rigtht now looks like a good time to move to australia or new zealand.....

[Lorn]

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Rigtht now looks like a good time to move to australia or new zealand.....

Or to the moon.

[runningman]

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great times indeed. it would be nice to...you know....NOT have to deal with islamofascism, the growing china threat, the importing poverty from mexico, the resurgence of south american communist triangle, and canadian spy coins????????.

Rigtht now looks like a good time to move to australia or new zealand.....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070111/ap_on_hi_te/spy_coins

One question - why would they show an american coin?

Also this line is a good one,

"The U.S. report doesn't suggest who might be tracking American defense contractors or why. It also doesn't describe how the Pentagon discovered the ruse, how the transmitters might function or even which Canadian currency contained them"

Whatever happened to showing the goods when you caught somebody??

[Lorn]

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Not in this day and age.