I ask out of ignorance - how is this acheivement much different from China recently shooting one if its own satellites in space? I realize the difference of the excess space junk vs. allowing the debris to burn up. Primarily interested in contrasting the technology.
“how is this acheivement much different from China recently shooting one if its own satellites in space? I realize the difference of the excess space junk vs. allowing the debris to burn up. Primarily interested in contrasting the technology.”
As some very smart Freepers have told me...The Chinese shot their satellite while it was in a stable orbit and it might have had a beacon that they could hone in on. They also shot theirs from a stable land based platform.
Big Difference! We are basically showing the Chicoms and the Ruskies that we can shot down fast moving ‘objects’ from anywhere in the world (a moving sea based platform)!!