Ripsmacker181 0 #1 January 19, 2007 China fires ground based missile at their own "Old" weather satellite. Orbiting 500 miles. WoW. MediCare : Allergic to Prison. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #2 January 19, 2007 And an hour later, they fired another one.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #3 January 19, 2007 (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #4 January 19, 2007 Interesting, Not much news about it. Chinese Missile Blows Up Own Satellite, Tensions Rise The Chinese have destroyed one of their own aging satellites orbiting more than 530 miles from the Earth by using a ground based missile in a demonstration of their anti-satellite technology. The US and others criticized China for the move. The US stopped blowing up its own satellites in the 1980s, partially due to the large orbiting debris clouds that resulted from the practice. The test also highlights the US's vulnerability to anti-satellite weapons. "American satellites are the soft underbelly of our national security," said Rep. Edward Markey. Another remarked "The Chinese are telling the Pentagon that they don't own space." "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
