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China Tests Anti-Satellite Laser Weapon

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-people's-laser dept.

schnippy writes "U.S. intelligence agencies believe that China has successfully tested an anti-satellite weapon by destroying one of their old weather satellites. The test, if confirmed, would be an order of magnitude more provocative than earlier reports of Chinese blinding lasers being. Arms Control Wonk has a good writeup on what this will mean for U.S. policy."

6 of 552 comments (clear)

  1. Re:How is this provocative ? by whathappenedtomonday · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I agree. The US has the most frightening, provocative, dangerous and presumptuous military doctrine ever. Read for yourself and mod me flamebait afterwards.

    --
    I hope I didn't brain my damage.
  2. Transcripts from the oval office by 9mm+Censor · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    General: Mr. President it appears as if the Chinese have destroyed one of their own satellites with some kind of weapon.
    President Bush (wearing an owl mask): O RLY?
    General: Yes sir. This could be a great threat to our own satellites.
    * President Bush removes the mask as this is "serious" business*
    President Bush: I demand that you shoot down 10 enemy satellites in retaliation for this act of war, and we will invade Iran.
    General: Sir, they didn't shoot our satellite, it was theirs. How can we retaliate by shooting their satellites when they didn't shoot any of ours?
    President Bush: Because I am the President of the United States of America.

  3. Re:How is this provocative ? by Das+Modell · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Iran is run by crackpots who want to wipe out Israel and share their technology with terrorists. They can't be trusted with nukes.

  4. Re:Funny that we should view this as "provocative" by oni · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    in the light of its stated policy to achieve hegemony in space

    wow, does it hurt to be this big of an idiot? I mean, I can only guess that you're in constant pain or something, because you really are an enormous, drooling idiot.

    The US space policy has two parts:
    1. space is important to us
    2. we will not allow anyone to deny us access to space

    You, being a complete blathering idiot, have somehow interpreted that as:
    1. we ownerz teh space
    2. we will not let U into teh space ha ha, suck it!

    I'm sorry that you have chosen to misinterpret the policy. I understand that the media news sources you have access to are just as retarded as you, and probably facilitated your misinterpretation, but that's no excuse. The simple fact is, the US policy is not about a hegemony, nor is it about denying anyone else access. It is simply about stating what is important to the US.

    Here's an analogy: Open access to the sea is important to Brittan. Brittan will not allow anyone else to deny it access to the sea.

    To me, that seems reasonable and intelligent. Of course, if I was predisposed to hate the UK, then I might intentionally misinterpret that as saying that they thought they owned the sea. But I guess the difference between you and me is that I don't make those kinds of misinterpretations, because I'm not an idiot.

  5. Re:This is just one more piece of bad news from Ch by c6gunner · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Don't act like the US is some beacon of how a country should be run. To the rest of the west it's quite the opposite.
    Speak for yourself asshole.

    apologise if this sounds like an anti-US rant, but I guess it technically is, as it's countering an anti-Chinese rant by demonstrating the hypocrisy employed by many people with regard to not acknowledging their own country's short comings, and jumping on another's.
    Oh really? Then how about going into a list of things that are wrong with YOUR country, instead of launching into a diatribe about the US? Hypocrite.

    How does this junk get modded insightful?

    STOP MODDING ON CRACK!!!
  6. Re:How is this provocative ? by Das+Modell · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    You've rightly got modded as troll 'cos you're making silly and incorrect assertions.

    No, I'm modded that way because I'm in favor of Israel. There's nothing more to it.

    Was the "gave away some of their territory" sarcasm or showing a crass lack of reality understanding?

    Gaza.

    Anyway, being rude and vulgar is not a good way to advance your point of view.

    Being a fucking coward and modding someone flamebait instead of confronting him is not a good way to advance anything either.