Anti-satellite weapon test?, Is this true? |
Anti-satellite weapon test?, Is this true? |
Jan 19 2007, 02:39 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 96 Joined: 20-September 06 From: Hanoi, Vietnam Member No.: 1164 |
According to this link, China fired a missile to destroy an orbiting weather satellite last week: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/China_Tras...e_Test_999.html
I am curios about what kind of projectile could be used? A "smart" one with on board guidance system or just a dumb one? How close did the "killer satellite" came to the target? Does anybody have an idea? |
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Jan 25 2007, 06:13 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
I rarely stray into this section of the Forum, and I don't appreciate all of the important intricacies that some of you apparently do, but this really is a "funny game" as Bob pointed out. It is especially so when all you have to go on are published reports.
A comment I noticed in an IRC discussion on this topic kind of put it into perspective for me. Didn't China use remaining fuel to move the target into an orbital position that would be easy to hit? Will China declare it a success? Heck yes, it was a success. Will other nations complain? Yes, again. Can one dispute Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao's response claiming that his country had displayed a "responsible attitude" and that it had "upheld the peaceful use of outer space? It gets kind of dicey at this point for me. If it wasn't gong to be a threat to people on the ground, or other satellites, was this a responsible action? It seems to me that the important question here is, was there a threat that needed to be minimized, or not? -------------------- ...Tom
I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast. |
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