Russia, China join against US 'star wars'

MENAFN ^ | June 17, 2005

[SIDENET]

Russia, China, and the UN, this is for you!

[Mr. Mojo]

The headline could've been taken right out of the mid-80s.

[tet68]

One nuclear weapon detonated in near space would therefore melt down the entire electronic communications network of the United States. That could ruin the U.S. economy and utterly disrupt society

Do they really think we would sit still for that?

[Mr. Mojo]

Except for the China part, of course.

[Wiz]

The easiest way to paralyze the entire U.S. space satellite system in so-called Low Earth Orbit, or LEO, they warn, is by detonating a nuclear weapon above the Earth to produce a radiation belt at the altitude where the satellites orbit.

The radioactive debris will land on their own territory causing destruction against themselves. They will also deny access of their own.

[Wiz]

ping

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

Who cares? They only oppose the US from developing new technology
because it will make it harder for them to kill us.

The cloud formation below summarizes my feeling about letting China and
Russia dictate our defense strategies.


Holtz
JeffersonRepublic.com

[monkeywrench]

Interesting.

[RightWhale]

Tell you what. If Russia and China want to divide the question, there might be room to talk.

One question is military applications of outer space.

The other question is private property rights in outer space.

The two questions have been linked for reasons understandable only to one world hegemons.

Once private property rights are recognized by Russia, the US, England, and China, then the military question can be brought up, divided into logical units, and discussed.

[SIDENET]

"The war games are expected to involve Russia's strategic Tu-95MS bombers firing cruise missiles, presumably an exercise on how to overcome missile defense,"

We can always have some "games" on how to overcome their TU-95s.

[Stonedog]

Imagine that...The Chicoms and the "We want to be communist again" crowd oppose U.S. missile defense. Who'da thunk it.

[DCPatriot]

Also, if China, Russia or even North Korea were to detonate a single nuclear weapon in the upper atmosphere it would produce an electric magnetic pulse, or EMP. One nuclear weapon detonated in near space would therefore melt down the entire electronic communications network of the United States. That could ruin the U.S. economy and utterly disrupt society.

True? Or a sort of Y2K scare?

Don't forget, red wine and beer are now good for you.

[rbmillerjr]

Let the Chicoms and Ruskies waster their money trying to keep up with us.

I suppose the UN will turn a blind "ironic eye" at China begging for demilitarization as they continue the incredible missile buildup opposite the Taiwan Straits.

[RockyMtnMan]

Unlike the Ruskies of the Cold War we buy all our crap from Red China which fuels their war machine with OUR money.

American marketing departments are trying to figure out how to sell a rope, made in China, to the Chinese market so they can hang us with it. Little do they know the Chinese have planned the ropes construction for years and are waiting for the right opportunity to use it.

Excuse my cynicism but the lack of forsight in this situation astounds me.

[msf92497]

Very true. Very scary. I suppose that's why we don't hear much about it. The latest edition of Imprimis has an excellent piece describing the EMP threat.

[Paul_Denton]

All the more reason to put weapons OFFENSIVE and defensive in space!

[Paul_Denton]

thanks for the ping. China and Russia as well as states like Iran and North Korea ARE the reason to put weapons in space.

[John Will]

How would they factor in the F-22/F-15 interception of the Bombers?

[Dat Mon]

This article strikes me as a typical biased article whose intent is to defuse notions of developing a comprehensive space based missile defense system.

Its all hopeless you see...lets just get along with comprehensive arms control treaties. But Reagan knew differently.

All is not lost...we once took great pains to design some satellites to be resistant to radiation....to survive.

Lets get going with Son of Star Wars...a comprehensive space based system which targets launch vehicles during the boost phase when they are most vulnerable....nullifying the MIRV capability.

JMHO...but the semiconductor technology we have today makes approaches that were unfeasible back in the 80's feasible today.