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Offline moot

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« Reply #30 on: February 22, 2008, 12:09:10 PM »
Furball it makes a big mess if you take them out higher.
Making that shot does make it obvious to everyone that the US can probably successfuly repeat the shot anywhere in the world's seas that its SM3-bearing ships can be deployed to.
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« Reply #31 on: February 22, 2008, 12:23:24 PM »
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No.  They did something completely different.  We nailed a satellite drifting in low earth orbit that was about to re-enter on it's own.  The Chinese nailed a functioning satellite in high orbit that could have been safely de-orbited.  Ours resulted in a debris field of smallish parts that will relatively safely re-enter within a week or so.  Theirs resulted in thousands of pieces of debris that will be a hazard to anything in orbit for many years, including the ISS and any other manned space vehicle launched for the next decade or so.


So Chinese performed a much more difficult task.

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Huge difference, and of course I will point out that since you even asked that question, you're either being deliberately obtuse, argumentative, and trollish, or you're ignorant of pretty much everything on this topic.

You can tell us if you're ignorant or just trolling, I promise I won't assume one or the other :)


You knew it! :D

Trolling here is so much fun :)

I just wonder how many of you guys here give a damn about space debris. OTOH the US sat shot down contained radioactive materials that may cause serious contamination.
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« Reply #32 on: February 22, 2008, 12:27:33 PM »
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. OTOH the US sat shot down contained radioactive materials that may cause serious contamination.


this is true, but the US skillfully timed the shot to dump all the radioactive materials on Chernobyl so it's OK.

:lol
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« Reply #33 on: February 22, 2008, 12:34:15 PM »
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Oh God, Big time OWNED Boroda!  I'd get drunk for a week after a verbal beating by a US Airforce pilot like this!  Hide in a hole, it's best for your Soviet inferiority complex! :rofl :rofl


???

verbal beating?

Soviet inferiority complex? it's you guys who suffer from inferiority complex,  competing with Iran.

I find this "discussion" very educating, typical Western double-standards. Quo licit Jovi non licit bovi. "Kosovo is absolutely different from Abkhazia and South Osetia". "Chinese should not be allowed to shoot down satellites as we do!" etc ad nauseum.

As for getting drunk for a week - if you take this discussions on the Net so seriously - then maybe you have some problems, I am not a doctor...
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« Reply #34 on: February 22, 2008, 12:35:21 PM »
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this is true, but the US skillfully timed the shot to dump all the radioactive materials on Chernobyl so it's OK.

:lol


It seems to me that you use a word "Chernobyl" at least as often as "the".
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« Reply #35 on: February 22, 2008, 01:17:21 PM »
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It seems to me that you use a word "Chernobyl" at least as often as "the".


Has it gone away yet? Maybe it will be creating a radiation hazard for a while yet?
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« Reply #36 on: February 22, 2008, 02:01:14 PM »
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So Chinese performed a much more difficult task.
 


                    Really? How many of their DDs have shot down Sats? And while were at it how many ICBMs/IRBMs have they shot down with ABM missiles and Lasers?

                  Difficult indeed! If it wasnt for the Russians the Chinese wouldnt even have toilets.
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« Reply #37 on: February 22, 2008, 02:39:57 PM »
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Really? How many of their DDs have shot down Sats? And while were at it how many ICBMs/IRBMs have they shot down with ABM missiles and Lasers?


You guys already shoot down satellites with lasers!? :eek:
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« Reply #38 on: February 22, 2008, 04:23:56 PM »
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You guys already shoot down satellites with lasers!? :eek:


Not yet, but they have tested shooting down missiles with lasers and succeeded. I believe this was done with the laser mounted on the Boeing 747. If I am incorrect on this someone will jump in and correct me. :D

The Navy also expects to have rail guns mounted on ships in the next decade or so (?).
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« Reply #39 on: February 22, 2008, 04:58:25 PM »
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Not yet, but they have tested shooting down missiles with lasers and succeeded. I believe this was done with the laser mounted on the Boeing 747. If I am incorrect on this someone will jump in and correct me. :D


No, it was sharks, with fricken lazer beams on their heads.
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« Reply #40 on: February 22, 2008, 05:25:09 PM »
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You guys already shoot down satellites with lasers!? :eek:


                   Read it again before you come on with the funny faces. Or I'll find a funny face for someone who cant understand English.
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« Reply #41 on: February 22, 2008, 06:09:36 PM »
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No, it was sharks, with fricken lazer beams on their heads.


:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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