01-18-2007, 09:10 PM
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Holy Cow! Look what China just did
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...9/wchina19.xml
Quote:
Chinese missile destroys satellite in space
By Toby Harnden and Alex Massie in Washington
The prospect of "Star Wars" between China and the West loomed last night after Beijing used a ballistic missile to destroy a satellite in space.
The missile, which hit a 4ft-wide obsolete Chinese weather satellite 530 miles above the Earth, is thought to have been launched from the Xichang space centre in -China's Sichuan province.
It suggests that the Chinese have developed a major new capability that underscores the communist regime's desire to use its military might as well as burgeoning economic power to expand its influence.
"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," said Gordon Johndroe, spokes-man for the US National Security Council, yesterday. "We and other countries have expressed our concern regarding this action to the Chinese."
It is understood that Australia and Canada have also protested to China.
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So this brings up lots of questions:
1. How will this affect the Missile Defense Shield currently under development?
2. Is China still to remain "most favored nation" trading partner?
3. Any ideas how this will affect geo-political economics? (Think about how multi-national companies will fare if billion dollar satellites get shot down. How will they conduct commerce?)
4. Military satellites, and military operations are certainly beginning to understand the "pucker factor" now aren't they?
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