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Chinese Lasers Blind US Satelites

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-not-look-directly-into-laser-beam-with-your-remaining-eye dept.

SniperClops writes, "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." The article mentions the reluctance of the U.S. administration to talk about this "asymmetric" effort by the Chinese military.

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  1. Re:What I really want to know... by neoform · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Because all those chinese are nothing but evil communists! duh..

    They're against everything we stand for and hate that we're free! NUKE IRAN- err.. CHINA!

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  2. Re:What I really want to know... by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    this is quite possibly the worst example you could have made here. I mean do you SERIOUSLY want North Korea and Iran to have nukes? Despite how much you might dislike the US or its current administration, it is far more safe for the nukes to be in our hands than the countries you've mentioned. so yes, in this case, it is ok for us and not ok for some other people.
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  3. Re:How is this interesting? by Shakrai · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Of course, reading my own definition, this would justify Afghans and Iraqis seeking to expel the Americans and the British, just as it justified the French Resistance in WW2, and the American Colonists in the 1770s.

    Except the former Afghan Government supported an individual who slaughtered 3,000 Americans in cold blood and refused to hand him over. I'm not going to touch the can of worms that Iraq is in a debate around here, but Afghanistan? What did you think would happen when they refused to hand over Bin Ladin? We'd ask them again and say "pretty please"? They ought to consider themselves lucky that Kabul didn't disappear in a blinding flash and a mushroom cloud. That's what can happen when you attack a nuclear armed state.

    Your comparing the French Resistance to Nazi Germany to the Taliban insurgency? WTF is wrong with this picture?

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  4. Re:What I really want to know... by WhiplashII · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "You say I contradict myself? OK, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes!"

    Well, people were asking, so I answered. But yes, that law only exists as long as people respect it - it has no weight on it's own. In reality, what I am saying is that if you blow up the space shuttle because it overflew your land, expect a war. If you shoot down an F16 that overflew your land, expect an apology. You may get neither in either case, but it does set expectations.

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  5. Re:What I really want to know... by WhiplashII · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I would mainly agree with you, except to add that if you are the only one obeying the law, you will not survive - so when your enemy throws out the laws, you must as well.

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