Friday, January 19, 2007

China demonstrates awesome space weapon by destroying a satellite

*** The Chinese military have been using laser weapons to disable American spy satellites for years, although US officials only recently admitted it. Now in an unprecedented weapon test China has demonstrated that it is willing and able to destroy hostile satellites. In a spectacular display of military superiority in space, China targeted an old weather satellite and blew it to smithereens with a single precise shot. The US regime risks losing some expensive hardware if it persists in trying to spy on the one nation that will soon overtake America as the world's dominant superpower. ***

China hails satellite killer - and stuns its rivals in space

· International outcry over first such test since 1985
· Scientists have warned of dangers of debris in orbit

China has given notice of its increasing power in space - and provoked widespread international concern - with a successful test of an anti-satellite weapon that could be used to knock out enemy surveillance and communications craft.
 

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