China Shoots Down Another Satellite

An anonymous reader writes "It was reported this weekend that China shot down another of its satellites in January this year. 'The website of Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV said the anti-satellite missile test, if confirmed, is likely related to the missile interception test, which occurred at the peak of a dispute between Beijing and Washington on a massive US arms sales deal to Taiwan. During the interception test, US agencies spotted two missiles launched from two locations from the Chinese mainland, colliding outside the atmosphere, a Pentagon spokesperson said.' I guess ballistic trajectories that intersect with orbital ones don't count as 'weapons in space.'"

Comments

Re:Will the debris be a problem?

[DNS-and-BIND]

China's contribution to the debris field in NEO is minuscule compared to the wholesale pollution practiced by the USA. When are people going to wake up and begin blaming American capitalists instead of The Yellow Peril?

Re:Will the debris be a problem?

[ElectricTurtle]

I suppose you think the Russians have been perfect angels? No NEO/LEO operations by any nation have been particularly conservative in terms of debris, but your desire to be negative about US actions motivates you and makes you just as subjective as the paranoid bigots who jump on everything the Chinese do and magnify it just because they are Chinese.