Chinese missile test which knocked out a weather satellite

[Shawn]

Weather Satelite, my elbow....theres a spin...

[merlin8r]

While the debris is rightly seen as wholly irresponsible, it should also be fair to argue that the Chinese are preparing themselves to remove a strategic imbalance with the United States, in the event of a future conflict.
Removing spy satellites is the most obvious target, but I would imagine the first targets would be the GPS sats. Without those, the US loses all of its precision weaponry.
The US relies on superior technology to fight its wars, where the Chinese have manpower. It has been rightly said that quantity has a quality of its own.
Of course I do not condone the actions of the Chinese, but the US cannot have it all its own way. This was the scary part of the old SDI or "Star Wars" program. You really don't want one side beginning to think that it can win a nuclear exchange.

Clear skies,
Shane

[ving (David)]

Originally Posted by CoombellKid

Warning just recieved an email titled "Russian missle shot down Chinese
satellite" an .exe is attached. Keep a look out for it.

Gee even the hackers cant get it right

regards,CS

i recieved 2 of these... dont open them people, they are most likely viruses!.

[glenc (Glen)]

GENEVA: Russia has presented to the UN Conference on Disarmament a Russian-Chinese draft treaty banning weapons in space, an idea quickly rejected by the US.
Russia and China have pushed for years for a treaty to prevent an arms race in space.
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said "weapons deployment in space by one state will inevitably result in a chain reaction. And this in turn is fraught with a new spiral in the arms race, both in space and on the Earth."
The White House responded by saying it opposed any treaty that sought "to prohibit or limit access to or use of space".
The New York Times
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/us-...760398649.html