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Posted on 01/20/2007 5:03:57 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
China's satellite shoot-down concerns Taiwan
Sat Jan 20, 2:55 AM ET
Taiwan has expressed concern after rival China reportedly shot down a space satellite for the first time, saying the act would negatively affect peace between them and in the region.
"We urge the international community to express their concerns over China's move, which would have negative impact on peace in the Taiwan Strait and in the region," said cabinet spokesman Cheng Wen-tsang.
"The satellite shown-down showed that China has expanded its arms race to space and that its so-called 'peaceful rise' is merely an illusion," he said.
The English-language daily Taipei Times expressed similar sentiment in an editorial, saying Beijing is following Pyongyang's lead in the misuse of space technology.
"This incident demolishes the suggestion that the Chinese military and its Communist Party bosses can behave in an accountable, let alone responsible, manner in military and space affairs," it said.
"In the wake of the North Korean nuclear test, this missile test suggests that Beijing has, if anything, taken on Pyongyang has a role model."
The paper urged the US to denounce China "in the strongest terms" as the latter is "playing the Pentagon for a pack of fools" by launching the missile without informing it.
China still considers Taiwan part of its territory awaiting reunification, by force if necessary, despite their split in 1949 after a civil war.
Washington said China had fired the missile to destroy an orbiting weather satellite last week, making it only the third country after the former Soviet Union and the United States to shoot down an object in space.
If the test, which according to US magazine Aviation Week and Space Technology took place on January 11, is confirmed, China could now theoretically shoot down spy satellites operated by other nations.
China declined to confirm the incident Friday but foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told journalists "there's no need to feel threatened about this," adding that China was "not going to get into any arms race in space."
The reported shooting down of the satellite could also bolster hawks in Washington concerned that Beijing poses a strategic threat to the United States, a newspaper has warned.
"Good shooting, yes, but is it good politics?" the Financial Times asked in an editorial.
"The US clearly sees it as part of an effort by China to develop anti-satellite capability that could threaten its extensive space assets," the newspaper said.
"The Chinese test may or may not lead to a new arms race in space. But it will certainly strengthen the hand of hawks in Washington who regard Chinese power as a strategic threat to the US," it added.
It said China, which "is not known for foolhardy or precipitate action," may have been unnerved by two developments.
"First, the US nuclear co-operation agreement with nuclear-armed India is the clearest indication yet of WashingtonÂ’s wish to build up a counterweight to China in Asia and the Pacific," it said.
"But second, last summer the Bush administration came out with a new policy asserting that the US regarded space as important a dimension for the nationÂ’s security as air or sea power," it added.
"It may have been no coincidence that, within weeks, China ruffled American feathers by using a ground-based laser to illuminate a US satellite -- and highlight its own reach into space," it said.
The United States and its other Asian allies have also expressed misgivings.
The impact reportedly occurred more than 500 miles (800 kilometers) above Earth, high enough to hit orbiting satellites.
If confirmed, it would be the world's first downing of a satellite since the 1980s, when the Soviet Union and the United States both destroyed space hardware in orbit.
The two superpowers ceased the tests largely because of the problem of debris.
I am sure that Chia Head is pleased to hear this comment from Taiwan. By the way, I think that has in the above sentence should have been as.
Ping!
Chine has always wanted Taiwan back. This is a message to the Ubited States that if we wish to defend Taiwan we had better be prepared to do it without sattelites.
We can thank Bill Clinton and Loral Technology for putting China 25 years ahead with missle systems. Research and development done by American companies swept them along. Thanks to Slick Willy we have another threat.
As if we needed more threats.
We also have to look forward to Hillary as President and a young Muslim, Hussein Obama as Vice President.
Its a pity we don't see this connection mentioned more often.
Taiwan should go nuclear to act as a signal for the Chinese to terminate their military 'arms race' buildup (much of which is obviously useful for an invasion of Taiwan).
The BS the Chinese spew should be fired right back at them to show how ludicrous it is.....
Quick let's pass Kyoto so all responsible for outsourcing manufacturing, along with its pollution, to China can sleep at night. After all it's much cheaper and far easier to outsource to China and Chinese human beings aren't as complete as American elite anyway.<-/sarc>
Unfortunately America's manufacturing power was one of the major tipping points in WWII. Let's not forget that some of those products have military uses. Sure there are laws barring the transfer of military technology, but what good are they if the parts are made in China?
Ping.
Take a look for your self, search the base which is at 28.25o N Longitude 102.0o E, Do any thing for a buck, just no evil!
This is a good thing ... Hopefully we are allready prepared for it, but would you rather we find out too late that all of our GPS guided military does not function ?
Do you seriously think that our Government relies on GoogleEarth, or that the images of our facilities reieased to Google would show anything of importance ?
I certainly hope not and I also hope that the U.S. military is much more robust than to completely fail should a satellite outage occur. . But I think the intention was to point out the utter lack of honesty and openness of the Chinese government.
Well you can see the B-52's on the tarmac in diego garcia. Most likely an old photo but all the same!
What I was getting at is WHY IS GOOGLE BLOCKING THAT AREA IN CHINA???? Would it be $$$$$$$$! Nahhhh, its just a smudge! YEah right!
Shh ... don't tell that cwazy wabbit that we station B-52's on Diego Garcia ...
But seriously,
Duhh ... Goggle is blocking that area because the Chinese government asked them to, and Google wishes to do business in China ( slightly helping our trade imbalence )
So ?
Don't we have certain requirements for companies that wish to do business in this country ?
But if you really feel that stongly about it, I suggest you ask Google for a refund.
Well if we werent prepared before we should get that way damned soon.
Russia has very sophisticated anti-satellite missiles. Also, Russia and China both have no qualms about using nukes.
Don't confuse me with a Russian apologist, but I could not ignore that statement. I grew up with the cold war with drills hiding under desks and cubbies, but no country has used a nuclear device in anger in over 60 years. That was not by mistake, lots of resources throughout the world have been devoted to preventing that.
I have no doubt that Russia or China may harbor a desire to use a nuclear device if they could avoid direct blame. That I believe is what drives Russia to stir up the hornets nest in the middle east. They would love to be in the shadows while Iran uses a nuke.
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