China Attempted To Blind U.S. Satellites With Laser

[Furball]

Originally posted by Viking

This is how far ahead the Soviets were. A battle-station armed with nuclear mines, anti-satellite systems, cannon for defense and a laser.
 

its all well and good saying they have that, but its russian so i bet none of it works.

pretty paperweight tho!

[Viking]

Originally posted by Furball
its all well and good saying they have that, but its russian so i bet none of it works.

pretty paperweight tho!

Then why are US astronauts being transported to the ISS on Russian Soviet-era spacecraft?

Because your spacecraft seem to come down in pieces, or simply blow up on launch.

Which space agency has killed more people in accidents, NASA or the RKA? Yeah it's NASA. Which agency has launched more vehicles into space? Yeah it's the Russians.

[Furball]

excuse me... *MY* spacecraft?

[Viking]

I'm sorry. I meant the spacecraft belonging to the space agency of your government. Assuming you’re an American.

[Furball]

im not american.

cant you tell by my coherent sentences?

[Chairboy]

Furball's "soviet tech = teh suck" seems connected with something other than reality.  The fact is, their Soyuz design, while not as sexy as the shuttle, has a better safety record than the shuttle, and works juuuust fine.

[Viking]

No I'm afraid not Furball. Many Americans can form coherent sentences. And you misspelled "I'm", "American" and "can't", so I can't make a distinction there either.

Sorry.

[Furball]

hehehe

perkele.

[lukster]

I will agree that the Soviets were better at keeping their failures secret.

Was tough keeping that nuclear meltdown secret but I give 'em a B+ for effort.

[Red Tail 444]

Originally posted by AquaShrimp
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.

At least we have sports and rap music!

have you ever heard Chinese Rap? Help me jeebus!

[Masherbrum]

Originally posted by Sundowner
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............

So we can sell more secrets to em, great.

[AquaShrimp]

Satellites are too vulnerable.  What we really need is a big airplane that can fly really fast over hostile territory.  Paint it black, put some cameras on it.  Voila.

[lukster]

Originally posted by AquaShrimp
Satellites are too vulnerable.  What we really need is a big airplane that can fly really fast over hostile territory.  Paint it black, put some cameras on it.  Voila.

Supposedly we retired the SR-71 from that duty though U2s are still at it. Not sure if that was a sound decision. I don't think an SR-71 can be shot down. Perhaps they are being kept ready if ever needed.

[Viking]

Originally posted by lukster
I will agree that the Soviets were better at keeping their failures secret.

Was tough keeping that nuclear meltdown secret but I give 'em a B+ for effort.

What nuclear meltdown would that be, Chernobyl? Contrary to common belief Chernobyl's 4th reactor did not melt down; it exploded (steam overpressure). The only known reactor meltdown happened at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 power plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania, on March 28, 1979.

[Holden McGroin]

Originally posted by Viking
Contrary to common belief Chernobyl's 4th reactor did not melt down;

A photograph of one of the lava-flows formed by corium Fuel containing mass in the basement of the Chernobyl plant. 1 is the lava flow, 2 is concrete, 3 is a steam pipe and 4 is some electrical equipment

Something melted to allow "Fuel containing mass" to flow thru this piping...