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China Tests Anti-Satellite Laser Weapon
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."
Of course it would have to be a robotic shark, anything else would be ridiculous.
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Considering that they shot down one of their own satellites, perhaps the US could shoot down one of their own satellites. From a European perspective this would be the funniest escalation of hostilities since Freedom Fries.
remember they "won" vietnam
And north korea!!!
Now iraq!!! Hey they are 3 for 3!!
Just take out their anti-satellite satellites with the US Navy's new uber railgun?
One of the 187.
Sharks with lasers on their heads?
One ring to bind them - should probably have more fiber and less rings in their diet.
Maybe this will offset all the Global Warming.
first the story that the baiji, the blind chinese river dolphin, has gone extinct
now the announcement that the chinese have an advanced laser weapon
there's only one obvious conclusion: the extinction news was a lie, a cover up...
it isn't sharks with frickin' laser beams they're building, it's a top secret corp of dolphins with frickin' laser beams!
that's a very clever twist, but i see through your cynical machinations beijing
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
US Admiral: "Look at this, slitted eye! The Nimiz! The most phatt3st aircraft carrier ever build! Look what i can do!" ... *buzzz!*
*push button*
His colleague from the airforce: "You yellow little man think you can disarm ICBMs better than we can? I'll prove you that we disarm our complete arsenal in half the time your tech peons will find their screwdrivers, commi!"
Maybe LASER stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Rockets". An exploding warhead certainly ought to make the surrounding area a bit brighter...
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Its not we pwn teh space, or we ownerz teh space.
its
ALL YOUR SPACE ARE BELONG TO US.
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The LASER malfunctioned, so they renamed it "kinetic kill vehicle" and threw it at the satellite.
They are a soverign nation, not the 51st State of the USA
No, that's the UK
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I think you mean the "War of Northern Agression"?
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