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Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
01-18-2007, 09:39 AM
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
01-18-2007, 10:57 AM
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
I think 1.7 billion of them is more the problem and worry!
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
01-18-2007, 11:01 AM
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
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Although more of a "policy weapon" at this time, the test shows that the Chinese military can threaten the imaging reconnaissance satellites operated by the U. S., Japan, Russia, Israel and Europe.
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Interesting ... thanks, grumpy.
China is a challenge ... very large population, increasingly well educated, and growing so rapidly in capabilities and power. Close engagement in business and diplomacy will be key.
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
01-18-2007, 11:12 AM
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
Not to mention that they have been a civilized nation for 5000 years. they do have a bit of distain for us uncivilized barbarions.
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
01-18-2007, 11:13 AM
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
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Not to mention that they have been a civilized nation for 5000 years. they do have a bit of distain for us uncivilized barbarions.
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yeah, it's gotta suck when another nation becomes the most powerful in less than 200 years..........
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
01-18-2007, 11:25 AM
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Eh, the Mongolian Empire became more powerful in less than 20 years, for a time. The Chinese have learned to be patient.
Close dialougue, definitely the key. I object to a lot of what they do, but the country is certianly more livable for the average person that it was 40 years ago. While grinding down the USSR worked, it left a power vacume filled with mafiosos and corruption, and now Russia is turning right back into a dictatorship/oligarchy. Meanwhile average life span in Russia has dropped ten years. Let's see if the slow and steady path China is taking works better.
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
01-18-2007, 11:57 AM
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
I think it was already a bad idea to get into a war with China. Taking out a satellite has got to be nearly as expensive as placing one, though.
I'm the farthest thing from a war / diplomacy expert, but I wonder if they could take out a satellite or two without sparking off a war. It could be an interesting if infuriating negotiation tactic.
I presume the U.S. has this technical ability to do the same, but do we have an existing weapon implemented to do it?
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
01-18-2007, 12:08 PM
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
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I presume the U.S. has this technical ability to do the same, but do we have an existing weapon implemented to do it?
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Only if we have a plan to avoid angering all our Chinese physicists and engineers who would be needed to pull of the project.
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
01-18-2007, 12:08 PM
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
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I presume the U.S. has this technical ability to do the same, but do we have an existing weapon implemented to do it?
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The Chinese probably know whether or not we do. Its just us poor US citizens that don't know. Gotta love the Defense Dept.'s secrecy.
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
01-18-2007, 12:29 PM
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Yes, the US has an antisatellite missile (for about 20 years now). And since a US spy satellite (KH-11/12) costs over $1 billion, taking it out with a (say) $10 million dollar missile is a good investment for our enemies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-satellite_missile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-12
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Queen%27s_Race
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
01-18-2007, 02:36 PM
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Re: Chinese A-sat Weapon? Something New To Worry About
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Eh, no problem, we'll have same satellites doing both KH-12 and MTV duty. The Chinese wouldn't dare mess with the latter just to eliminate the former.
Wait until Sergey & Larry launch "Google Satellite". Then the PRC will really be screwed...
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