Re: Kiss your GPS units goodbye.. China destroys Satellite with missile
- From: nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (J. J. Lodder)
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:14:05 +0100
Sam Wormley <swormley1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
J. J. Lodder wrote:
Sam Wormley <swormley1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Lunar Tick wrote:
According to a spokesman for the National Security Council, theThe USA did the same thing to one of its satellites some years
ground-based, medium-range ballistic missile knocked an old Chinese
weather satellite from its orbit about 537 miles above Earth. The
missile carried a "kill vehicle" and destroyed the satellite by ramming
it.
ago. I do not look forward to the day when satellites can be
readily "taken out" by high energy lasers.
Do your basic physics.
It can't be done,
Jan
What would it take to do it from orbit, J. J.?
There are easier ways than orbiting that much power,
or if you can get that close you don't need a laser.
You are recycling the starwars nonsense of yesteryear,
Jan
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