Posted on 03/10/2011 8:30:31 AM PST by La Lydia
CHINA used a top-secret SC-19 anti-satellite (ASAT) missile in a test last year against a target missile as part of a missile-defense system that remains shrouded in secrecy. The ASAT missile was fired against a new medium-range missile and details were disclosed in a State Department cable made public recently by WikiLeaks that included an outline of a diplomatic protest note to Beijing about both Chinese weapons programs. The cable provides the first detailed U.S. assessment of what defense officials say is a major strategic advancement in China’s military buildup. It reveals that China’s anti-satellite system was developed for use not only against satellites but is part of a larger strategic missile-defense system.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates offered to hold strategic talks with China on missile defenses, as well as space, nuclear and cyberweapons, during a recent visit to Beijing. The offer was rebuffed by China’s defense minister, who said only that it would be studied.
Defense officials and private specialists said the cable further highlights official Chinese government duplicity in opposing U.S. missile defenses and promoting an international agreement to limit weapons in space at the same time it is secretly working on its own space weapons and missile defense programs...
The current U.S. strategic missile defense has no direct capabilities for shooting down satellites. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Guidance by Loral, via Clinton?
NO DOUBT.
How naive we are, agreements are pieces of paper. Do you think that military applications are not part of any countries space program? Do you think they will stop after signing on to an agreement? You are dealing with a country with over 1 Billion population, they have a lot more brain power and labor power, and they will become more powerful than US eventually. Besides, they own us now. They have to be concerned about their own defense against any perceived threat, just like us. We have no program designed to knock out satellites? Maybe, but unlikely.
bttt
Could we possibly look any weaker? While our potential enemies work feverishly to gain 21st century strategic advantage, they laugh at the U.S. as they refrain from anything that might upset their competitors.
Our military power will soon be eclipsed by countries with leaders, just as has happened to our economic power.
Please stop picking on China. Don’t you know that they are our strategic partner? /s
If you keep up these kind of posts.. you risk getting the “free trade at all costs” apologists, on FR, really mad at
you.
“Guidance by Loral, via Clinton?”
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exactly... and finally, unlike the rest of the maddening john wayne clint eastwood americana crowd, there’s someone here with brain power hence the ability to process logic in true intelligent manners...
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