LoKz Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 U.S. shot raises tensions and worries over satellitesBy Jim Wolf - AnalysisWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The shot that slammed into a crippled U.S. spy satellite Wednesday has raised fears of a new arms race in the heavens and increased tensions on Earth.Thirteen months after China destroyed an aging satellite with a missile, the operation also added to concerns about disruption of space assets vital for 21st-century global commerce and security.The craft was hit 247 kms (153 miles) over the Pacific, the Pentagon said, using arms designed for the ship-based leg of a multibillion-dollar shield against missiles that could be tipped with chemical, germ or nuclear warheads.The Bush administration has insisted it was not trying to demonstrate anti-satellite capabilities of the Lockheed Martin Corp "Aegis" ballistic missile defense -- though experts said the effect was just that.The administration said its goal was to protect populated areas from the spacecraft's unused supply of deadly hydrazine propellant -- an explanation many called unpersuasive.The Pentagon said on Thursday it was very confident it had hit the fuel tank. The 5,000-pound (2,270 kg) satellite was struck by a Raytheon Co Standard Missile-3 fired from the USS Lake Erie northwest of Hawaii, the Pentagon said.Defense Secretary Robert Gates, responding to Chinese criticism of the event, said in Honolulu the United States "certainly would be prepared to share" resultant data with Beijing -- "whatever appropriately we can."The operation marked the first time the U.S. missile defense system has been tweaked to aim for a satellite, although the United States and the Soviet Union conducted anti-satellite tests during the Cold War. Click here to Continue...Video--------China Wants US Satellite Downing Data That article is pretty interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Sounds like we've got new problems ahead. Between US and... who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 At least bush is going to test his star war technology... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATE9X Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Every country spying the other.. real nice future ahead, doh.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 no one said anything when china shot down one of its own satellites.i guess that was ok though,but then were used to blaming bush for everything anyway.so fook em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 no one said anything when china shot down one of its own satellites.i guess that was ok though,but then were used to blaming bush for everything anyway.so fook em. :D Well said ;) lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 no one said anything when china shot down one of its own satellites.i guess that was ok though,but then were used to blaming bush for everything anyway.so fook em. :D Well said ;) lolatat?hey l,is he related to that chimpanzee you used to have as an avatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 he maybe is... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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