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A year ago to the day, China knocked a weather satellite out of orbit, and threw the international community into panic. Some figured the satellite-killer test was the harbinger of a future war in space -- the kind of conflict that could cripple a tech-dependent United States military. Geoffrey Forden, PhD -- an MIT research associate and a former UN weapons inspector and strategic weapons analyst at the Congressional Budget Office -- examines the possibilities of an all-out Chinese assault on American satellites.
since China knows it could not win such a conflict
Originally posted by iskander
Glanced over the blog, typical propaganda, nothing more.
This is equivalent to what the US is trying to develop in its national missile defense system and is much more sophisticated than the ASAT the Soviet Union was working in the 1980s: little more than a space mine that slowly snuck up on its target and detonated near by
The most likely method it employed to track the oncoming satellite was an on-board telescope using visible light.
Until China does develop better sensors, this imposes a very severe constraint on how and when it could attack other satellites: it must wait to attack low Earth orbit satellites when they are in bright sunshine.
as the "facts" you continuously post in your campaign to promote the return of the blood thirsty (is it 10 million or 50 million dead?) soviet onion.
whilst i usually spar with iskander, in this issue i do agree - sadly bias is in the article:
going back to the topic, i think that the us would be capable of winning a space war...
with the possibility of something like aurora as well as the satellites we dont know about i'd put the money on our satellites.
their was a really interesting article in either popular science, popular mechanics, or scientific america a while back about a whole series of dark satellites which the satellite tracking community simply can't find.
Perhaps you're making an assumption...and we all know what happens when people make assumptions.
I also feel you're drawing a context out of his post that isn't there.
going back to the topic, i think that the us would be capable of winning a space war...
i'm in no way pushing war, especially not a space war, i'm saying IF, i repeat IF, it were to happen we would win.
Russia proposes space arms treaty
Mr Lavrov warned of a "chain reaction"
Russia and China have proposed a new international treaty to ban the use of weapons in outer space.
President Bush has signed a new National Space Policy that rejects future arms-control agreements that might limit U.S. flexibility in space and asserts a right to deny access to space to anyone "hostile to U.S. interests."
so i'd advice you to calm down a little, i'm not talking about the death start, or even weaponized space for that matter -most people think they are advanced spy satellites, that are used so other militaries can't track their orbit.
Originally posted by iskander
Well thank you very much for the advice, I’m glad to know you’ve been around long enough to know what’s going on, because that’s exactly what makes me feel all safe and cozy inside.
Originally posted by DeltaNine
I don't see a "war war war" message in his post. Perhaps you're making an assumption...and we all know what happens when people make assumptions. I also feel you're drawing a context out of his post that isn't there.
No, iskander is obviously not getting your joke based on the word "assume".