Apparently, both China and Russia are extremely concern about this event. No kidding. While China needs to launch a satellite to kill another, U.S. can just launch a missile anywhere from earth to knock one off the sky.
@Phantom: Get your FACTS straight dude. China's and Russia's satelites are 500+ miles above the atmosphere, meaning it would DAMAGE other satelites to try and take them down. THAT is why we don't want them doing it, due to them possibly destroying communication satelites.
America was able to do this because their's is close enough to Earth that it will be pulled in via gravity and burned up in the atmosphere.
Proof of the satellite's destruction? I dunno... it's definitely proof that SOMETHING blew up. :) But all I've seen is the video of the missile launching, and then cutting to a video of something blowing up. Who knows if it was really the satellite in question.
"Apparently, both China and Russia are extremely concern about this event. No kidding. While China needs to launch a satellite to kill another, U.S. can just launch a missile anywhere from earth to knock one off the sky."
DUH! Pure PWNAGE! I didn't know the Chinese took out a weather satellite 500+ miles away from earth with a mid-range missle. Then, why are they complaining so loudly now? At least U.S. Military has an excuse to do so.
They aren't concerned about us shooting down their satellites, as Jonathan pointed out, BUT this test DID scare them. Why? It proved we can hit a moving target, entering the atmosphere, given an extremely small launch window. And we did it from a platform being tossed around at sea. So what?
Well, read the descriptors again ... sounds like that satellite test was a pretty good proxy for an ICBM, doesn't it?
..China has a fleet of submarines that can position the US pacific fleet on the buttom of the pacific in a short amount of time.. That's more scary than being able to pick out sattelites from the atmosphere.
to follow up on johnathan's point. when china destroyed its defunct weather satellite, the satellite was not on a descent toward earth. as a result, none of the resulting debris fell to earth and, indeed, still remains in space where it continues to pose a threat to other satellites and space vehicles.
and so china's pollutive ways transcend terrestial boundaries.
The list of countries that could do this is quite long, and what this shows is a failure of the US forces to make a even half-way working satellite isn't it.
You're the perfect example of a person who knows just enough to be ignorant. Show me a fleet of diesel subs that can disappear (we have satellites watching chinese ports) unnoticed, secretly transit from China all the way to the US at 3-4 kts (required speed to stay undetected) without surfacing to recharge, and then simultaneously torpedo every U.S. naval asset floating in the Pacific.
Oh, and I'm sure you knew that to take down the "entire pacific fleet" (which doesn't really even make sense if you know anything about the US Navy's distribution of command) you'd have to torpedo ships AND subs (how woul you detect the subs?) in Japan, Pearl Harbor, San Diego, Bangor, etc.
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Take that China!!!
OK, so who's going to be the first one to take this footage, add a couple score indicators, and throw on the sounds from Missile Command?
Apparently, both China and Russia are extremely concern about this event. No kidding. While China needs to launch a satellite to kill another, U.S. can just launch a missile anywhere from earth to knock one off the sky.
seriously man china can F*** O** . By the way Japan is the only U.S ally that has the tech and ability to do shit like that.
@Phantom:
Get your FACTS straight dude. China's and Russia's satelites are 500+ miles above the atmosphere, meaning it would DAMAGE other satelites to try and take them down. THAT is why we don't want them doing it, due to them possibly destroying communication satelites.
America was able to do this because their's is close enough to Earth that it will be pulled in via gravity and burned up in the atmosphere.
Way to go moron. Way to be an idiot.
We must not allow, an anti-satellite GAP!
China? Screw that. This is a warning to all hostile Alien species.
EARTH IS NOT TO BE F’ed WITH!! LMAO ;^0...
@Jonathon Hibbard
Woah! Did someone wake up from the wrong side of the bed or what? Take a chill pill and get back to work!
"We must not allow, an anti-satellite GAP!"
LOL, nice Dr. Strangelove reference!
Proof of the satellite's destruction? I dunno... it's definitely proof that SOMETHING blew up. :) But all I've seen is the video of the missile launching, and then cutting to a video of something blowing up. Who knows if it was really the satellite in question.
"Apparently, both China and Russia are extremely concern about this event. No kidding. While China needs to launch a satellite to kill another, U.S. can just launch a missile anywhere from earth to knock one off the sky."
Uh...Phantom...
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/01/18/china.missile/index.html
@guerilla779
Wrong, sir Wrong
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@OddManOut
DUH! Pure PWNAGE! I didn't know the Chinese took out a weather satellite 500+ miles away from earth with a mid-range missle. Then, why are they complaining so loudly now? At least U.S. Military has an excuse to do so.
They aren't concerned about us shooting down their satellites, as Jonathan pointed out, BUT this test DID scare them. Why? It proved we can hit a moving target, entering the atmosphere, given an extremely small launch window. And we did it from a platform being tossed around at sea. So what?
Well, read the descriptors again ... sounds like that satellite test was a pretty good proxy for an ICBM, doesn't it?
to #1 who wrote: "Take that China!!!"
..China has a fleet of submarines that can position the US pacific fleet on the buttom of the pacific in a short amount of time.. That's more scary than being able to pick out sattelites from the atmosphere.
@J. Hibbard
to follow up on johnathan's point. when china destroyed its defunct weather satellite, the satellite was not on a descent toward earth. as a result, none of the resulting debris fell to earth and, indeed, still remains in space where it continues to pose a threat to other satellites and space vehicles.
and so china's pollutive ways transcend terrestial boundaries.
@Phantom u dickweed,
China shot down their satellite with a ground lunched missle. Russians did it by satellite to satellite impact.
J. Hibbard just owned u, so gtfo
The list of countries that could do this is quite long, and what this shows is a failure of the US forces to make a even half-way working satellite isn't it.
@kerberos
You're the perfect example of a person who knows just enough to be ignorant. Show me a fleet of diesel subs that can disappear (we have satellites watching chinese ports) unnoticed, secretly transit from China all the way to the US at 3-4 kts (required speed to stay undetected) without surfacing to recharge, and then simultaneously torpedo every U.S. naval asset floating in the Pacific.
Oh, and I'm sure you knew that to take down the "entire pacific fleet" (which doesn't really even make sense if you know anything about the US Navy's distribution of command) you'd have to torpedo ships AND subs (how woul you detect the subs?) in Japan, Pearl Harbor, San Diego, Bangor, etc.
You're a fool.
New footage uncovered!
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=28930310
@Mr. S.
Fantastic ... is that the shockwave from death star that was added?