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China Attempted To Blind U.S. Satellites With Laser
« on: September 28, 2006, 05:37:03 PM »
Hmmm, interesting...they are probing our capabilities and their own.

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http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2121111&C=america

China has fired high-power lasers at U.S. spy satellites flying over its territory in what experts see as a test of Chinese ability to blind the spacecraft, according to sources.
It remains unclear how many times the ground-based laser was tested against U.S. spacecraft or whether it was successful.
But the combination of China’s efforts and advances in Russian satellite jamming capabilities illustrate vulnerabilities to the U.S. space network are at the core of U.S. Air Force plans to develop new space architectures and highly classified systems, according to sources............
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China Attempted To Blind U.S. Satellites With Laser
« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2006, 05:56:12 PM »
At least they weren't attached to frikkin' sharks.
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Re: China Attempted To Blind U.S. Satellites With Laser
« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2006, 06:02:11 PM »
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...U.S. spy satellites flying over its territory...


lol, what do you expect, sending welcome messages to this kind of  satellites? ;)
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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2006, 06:16:25 PM »
good thing lasers only work at one wavelength

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Re: China Attempted To Blind U.S. Satellites With Laser
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2006, 07:12:19 PM »
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Originally posted by Sundowner
Hmmm, interesting...they are probing our capabilities and their own.

Regards
Sun

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2121111&C=america

China has fired high-power lasers at U.S. spy satellites flying over its territory in what experts see as a test of Chinese ability to blind the spacecraft, according to sources.
It remains unclear how many times the ground-based laser was tested against U.S. spacecraft or whether it was successful.
But the combination of China’s efforts and advances in Russian satellite jamming capabilities illustrate vulnerabilities to the U.S. space network are at the core of U.S. Air Force plans to develop new space architectures and highly classified systems, according to sources............
don't be such an alarmist, it's a superwok that's run amok is all that and some dimsum fueled flatulence.  no worries here.

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China Attempted To Blind U.S. Satellites With Laser
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2006, 07:13:51 PM »
Just in case I'm drawing another Mohammed cartoon and writing the caption in Chinese this time .
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!

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« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2006, 07:23:55 PM »
That's just downright unfriendly. If they don't watch out we just might have to boycott Walmart. ;)

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« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2006, 07:28:02 PM »
We ought to send a laser back at their station, only difference is that their station will be destroyed
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« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2006, 07:34:15 PM »
China is a big monster thats going to eat the U.S. economically, and possibly militarily one day.  We don't have a numerical advantage over China, and we are losing our technological edge.

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« Reply #9 on: September 28, 2006, 07:39:15 PM »
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China is a big monster thats going to eat the U.S. economically, and possibly militarily one day.  We don't have a numerical advantage over China, and we are losing our technological edge.

 


thats what they said about the USSR.

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« Reply #10 on: September 28, 2006, 07:40:36 PM »
They don't need to fire a shot. They already have us in an economically compromised position, and the US doesn't have the military might to negate it. Its like a bad game of "Civilization."

Edit: and BTW, Russia was NEVER considered an*economic* threat.

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« Reply #11 on: September 28, 2006, 07:43:02 PM »
China has some hot babes.
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« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2006, 07:44:54 PM »
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thats what they said about the USSR.


When you buy something, what does it say on the back,  Made in China or Made in USSR?

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« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2006, 10:05:19 PM »
Nations have always been sensitive about things flying over their airspace, e.g., various aircraft shot down during the Cold War.  

But satellites have always flown too high to be reached by existing antiaircraft weapons.  Lasers are the inevitable next step.

Whether existing overflight treaties extend to spacecraft or whether the most technologically advanced nations just use space as they please,
since many satellites are used for commercial as well as or instead of military uses, space overflight is a generally accepted okay thing.  

You can spy on me if I can spy on you, we can each verify we're not doing provocative things, all that good stuff.  

Space weaponry presumably is still a no-no, and any messing with another nation's peaceful (including non-weapon military) satellites also can be assumed to be unacceptable.  

Laser tracking is one thing, but anything used to interfere with or degrade any satellite is hostile.  

Stay tuned (as long as satellites are allowed to still function enough to do that).

Meanwhile, assume that in any conflict, any entitites with the ability to attack or use their adversaries' satellites will do just that.
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« Reply #14 on: September 28, 2006, 10:13:39 PM »
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We ought to send a laser back at their station, only difference is that their station will be destroyed

just bounce it back at them
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