Chinese Test Anti-Satelite Laser

[Debonair]

Originally posted by tedrbr
Not that I'm trying to tell you what to do Debonair, but if some form of English is your first, or even second, language..... were I you, I'd hunt down and kill every teacher I ever had.....

.... but that's me.

teechrs r more ownd with a big clasroom full o n00bs that h8 them plus it si a lot les werks 4 me that way:aok

[Meatwad]

Originally posted by Debonair
teechrs r more ownd with a big clasroom full o n00bs that h8 them plus it si a lot les werks 4 me that way:aok

What?

[1K3]

Originally posted by Thrawn


The Chines have made twenty year jump in a ****load of space technology.

thanks to Russia's cooperation:aok

[Debonair]

may be chinas cant get a foto of Uranus, but they can get a reel gud look@ur things on this planit OMG what si teh name of this plnaet i furgot:O o yeah cihna:noid

[tedrbr]

Originally posted by Debonair
teechrs r more ownd with a big clasroom full o n00bs that h8 them plus it si a lot les werks 4 me that way:aok

owie...owie...head hurts.... eyes bleeding.....feel....my.....I Q .....dropping............more r.......and...morer......

[Neubob]

Originally posted by Thrawn
The Chines have made twenty year jump in a ****load of space technology.

Over what period of time and in what specific areas of the technology did this 20 year jump take place? Probes? Routine space travel? Moon exploration? Optics? Propulsion?

Furthermore, the technological demonstration that led you to this conclusion--the kinetic kill vehicle specifically, was derived, in large part, from extensive help from the Russians, whose surface to air missile technology has never lagged far behind that of the US, and in some cases, arguably, has even surpassed it. That being said, once the Russian bring the Chinese up to a certain level of development, their progress can be expected to plateau, as this progress was never completely and truly theirs--as it was the Americans' and the Russians'.

So, I'll repeat the question:

In what areas have the Chinese made this 20 year leap, and over what period of time?

[john9001]

over the last 30-40 years china has made a 20 year leap in technology.

[Brenjen]

China has made a huge leap in technology in the last 20 years...HUGE! You need only look at how backward they were as late as the 70's to see it. I'm telling you folks, keep your eye on China. They're going to be THE world player in another twenty to twenty-five years, mark my words.

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by Neubob
In what areas have the Chinese made this 20 year leap, and over what period of time?

In whatever areas the US needed to develop in order to shot down a satellite, from the time that Glenn went into orbit.

Furthermore, the technological demonstration that led you to this conclusion--the kinetic kill vehicle specifically, was derived, in large part, from extensive help from the Russians,

I don't see the relevance.  If Butt****landia demonstrated that they had nuclear weapons someone would it "not count" if they got them from North Korea instead of developing it themselves?  What matters is the capability, not how they got it.

My concern is that people on this BBS are always underestimating China.  In the original thread regarding China's first manned mission in to space someone intimated that they weren't impress because China had caught up to forty year old US technology.

People have been implying that "China doesn't count", as a super power because their military isn't on par with the US's.  So what, they are catching up...and they have the economy to sustain it.  My message for ages now has been that China is positioning itself to dominate the west, and they are doing a great job of it.  And as I'm sure most people who have read my posts on this BBS know, I friggin' loathe commies.

[Mini D]

Shudup commie.

[Vudak]

China is a nuclear power.  In other words, we can't do anything about it.

So we should definately let Iran, North Korea, and anyone else get nukes too

[Thrawn]

Thrawn:  King of Shuttingup, Lord of ****tech.

[Neubob]

No reasonable person would underestimate China. That being said, you've still not shown any specific area of aeronautical engineering in which they've made significant strides. You've certainly not shown any examples of their advances above and beyond that which the west has generated, to date. A '****load' does not qualify as a technical term.

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by Neubob
That being said, you've still not shown any specific area of aeronautical engineering in which they've made significant strides.

I can live with that.  If you can't accept a premise that the US didn't have an anti-satellite weapon until 80s because it had a greater technological requirement than what was available in 1960s, than so be it.

You've certainly not shown any examples of their advances above and beyond that which the west has generated, to date.

And you haven't shown that I am not the most magnificent person ever.  Which makes both of us not showing examples of things we haven't ever argued.

A '****load' does not qualify as a technical term.

Unfortunately there is no unit of measurement for the advance of technology.  Let me rectify that by proposing the following,  the "Thrawn" (Thr).

10 ****loads = 1 Thr

So, since 2003 China has advanced 0.1 Thr in some space technologies.

[Sixpence]

I think you overestimate China. Someday they will have to build an infrastructure for their people(other than outdated factories), repair their environment(which is much more polluted than ours) and deal with the many health issues of their people(a population much greater than ours).

When that time comes, the Chinese politicians will have fled to Germany, France, America, England, etc., to live the good life, leaving behind another polluted wasteland like Russia.