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

Keith Sheppard <keith.sheppard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I should perhaps add that in the unlikely case that China (or anyone else)
_did_ start knocking out another state's satellites, I think I'd have more
pressing concerns on my mind than a potential disruption to the consumer GPS
service.

An anti-sat capability isn't even much of a military threat until it's
made highly mobile. Once you can launch from a plane, like the old
ASM-135 ASAT missile, things get much more interesting.


Cheers,
John

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