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To: Red Badger

The Boeing X-37 only does propaganda and never is used for anything useful - or so China would like everyone to believe. No one in the USAF would even dream of refueling US spy satellites!

Refueling satellites is a far cry from refueling an orbiting rocket.


18 posted on 07/15/2025 9:56:46 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF
X-37B is likely an on-orbit recon system that can also deploy additional satellites and drag them onboard to service them. To bring it back to terrestrial terms, the X-37B is more akin to an aircraft carrier than an aerial tanker. Or maybe an amphibious assault ship/carrier. If this was a successful Chinese refueling between orbiting satellites, it's more like this:

Navy guys and students of history should immediately get why this is a *bad* thing for us. Apparent-peer-to-peer refueling has a whole bunch of unpleasant implications.

36 posted on 07/15/2025 12:47:10 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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