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China Shoots Down Another Satellite

Posted by Soulskill on from the time-to-hide-the-goldeneye-in-a-lagrange-point dept.

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.'"

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  1. My spokesperson by McGiraf · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Pentagon spokesperson said.' I guess ballistic trajectories that intersect with orbital ones don't count as 'weapons in space.'"

    My spokesperson says: "Who the fuck started the whole star wars hype?"

  2. Re:You're kidding. Right? by MartinSchou · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm sure you're right in all of your statistics. Here's a question for you though:

    If they cleaned up their act completely - who would make all the lovely, cheap trinkets we buy? And will they still be cheap? Will producing said trinkets still pollute as much as it does in China, now that production has moved to some other country, where they don't give a rats ass about pollution either, just so we can get our trinkets at $1.99 for 10,000 instead of $2.01 (marked up to $19.99 a piece of course)?