GO GET THE NEOCONS TO PUT SOME DEAD CHINESE STUDENTS IN A REMOTE PILOTED PLANES FLOWN INTO THE NEW WTC OWNED BY LARRY SILVERSTEIN WITH HEFTY INSURANCE BY SOME JAPANESE COMPANIES AND THEN DECLARE A WAR ON CHINESE TERROR ......... LAUGHING OUT LOUD
3027 Dead wrote: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1994236,00.html > > > 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 > > Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington > Friday January 19, 2007 > The Guardian > > 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. > > In the first such test since the cold war era, the White House > confirmed that China had used a medium-range ballistic missile, > launched from the ground, to destroy an ageing weather satellite more > than 500 miles into space. "We are aware of it and we are concerned, > and we made it known," the White House spokesman, Tony Snow, told > reporters. > > Article continues > The test, on January 11, was the first of its kind since 1985 when > Washington halted such exercises because of fears of damaging military > and civilian satellites with large clouds of debris. > > The test was especially troubling because it exposed the vulnerability > of America's dependence on low-orbiting satellites, which are used for > military communications, smart bombs and surveillance. In theory, last > week's exercise could give Beijing the capability to knock out such > satellites - a realisation that underlay the protests from Washington. > > Australia and Canada also voiced concerns; Britain, South Korea and > Japan were expected to follow. "The US believes China's development > and testing of such weapons is inconsistent with the spirit of > cooperation that both countries aspire to in the civil space area," > Gordon Johndroe, a White House spokesman, said. "We and other > countries have expressed our concern regarding this action to the > Chinese." > > Scientists have long warned of the dangers of space debris - which can > remain in orbit for many hundreds of years - on existing space > programmes. Among the items lost in space are lens caps, tools and > nuts and bolts. Some former Soviet satellites leak fuel which > solidifies into balls up to 3cm in diameter. Tiny pieces, including > flecks of paint from eroding satellites, can travel at 17,000mph, and > gain enough momentum to damage a medium-sized spacecraft. > > Despite yesterday's protests, the Bush administration has opposed a > global ban on such tests, arguing that America needs to reserve its > freedom of action in space. Arms control experts said it was not > immediately clear whether the Chinese test was a ploy to try to press > the Bush administration into a global weapons treaty, or whether China > was asserting its own interests in space. > > News of the test, first reported by the magazine Aviation Week and > Space Technology, comes months after the Bush administration unveiled > a doctrine asserting America's right to take action against any > perceived threat in space. The missile relied on the force of impact > rather than an exploding warhead to shatter the satellite. > > Estimates said the destroyed Chinese satellite could have shattered > into tens of thousands of fragments that would remain in orbit for > more than a decade. > > The magazine said on its website: "Details emerging from space sources > indicate that the Chinese Feng Yun 1C (FY-1C) polar orbit weather > satellite launched in 1999 was attacked by an asat (anti-satellite) > system launched from or near the Xichang space centre." > > Last August, Mr Bush laid out an even more robust vision of America's > role in space, asserting Washington's right to deny access to any > adversary hostile to US interests, and some arms control experts have > accused the administration of conducting secret research on laser > weapons to disable and destroy enemy satellites. > > In public, Mr Bush has sought to revive the national interest in space > by calling for Americans to return to the moon in 15 years, and even > use bases there as a launchpad for Mars. However, almost all of those > costly military space programmes are over budget and behind schedule. > > > -- > "Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government > talking > about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court order. > Nothing has > changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, > we're > talking about getting a court order before we do so" > -George W. Bush, April 20, 2004 > > Not dead, in jail, or a slave? Thank a liberal! > Pay your taxes so the rich don't have to. > > http://www.zeppscommentaries.com > For news feed, http://yahoogroups/subscribe/zepps_news > For essays (please contribute!) > http:yahoogroups/subscribe/zepps_essays > > > > -- > > "Keeping us up here eats away at families. The Democrats could care less > about families -- that's what this says." > > -- Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), quoted by the Washington Post, in response to > incoming-Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's (D-MD) plan to increase the House's > work schedule from three days a week to five. > > Putsch: leading America to asymetric warfare since 2001 > > Not dead, in jail, or a slave? Thank a liberal! > Pay your taxes so the rich don't have to. > For the finest in liberal/leftist commentary, > http://www.zeppscommentaries.com > For news feed (free, 10-20 articles a day) > http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/zepps_news > For essays (donations accepted, 2 articles/week) > http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/zepps_essays > > a.a. #2211 -- Bryan Zepp Jamieson -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
