Re: Kiss your GPS units goodbye.. China destroys Satellite with missile

On Jan 26, 11:12 am, Michel Oui <G...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
J. J. Lodder wrote:
Michel Oui <G...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

J. J. Lodder wrote:
Michel Oui <G...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

J. J. Lodder wrote:
Sam Wormley <sworml...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Lunar Tick wrote:
According to a spokesman for the National Security Council, the
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.

The USA did the same thing to one of its satellites some years
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
The Airborne Laser says "hello"!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_Laser
You are going to kill a satellite with it?

Jan
Not me personally, but the U.S. military may use it to kill a
satellite. Read and learn:

Reading only requires opening one's eyes.

Learning, however, requires opening....... ;)

http://tinyurl.com/2aj89x

Thanks for the link, Michel.

Nothing new there, and nothing of relevance for this discussion.
The airborne laser fantasy would be used against boosters
during the launch phase, not sats.

Jan

Apparently you didn't read carefully enough

It's what happens when one is in a rush to scratch that itchy reply
trigger finger ;)

and missed this sentence among other things:

"If ABL can be developed for the anti-missile role, it would also
be able to damage satellites in low-earth orbit."

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