Re: Non-US equivalents of DSP

From: Christopher M. Jones (marmiteNOTSPAM_at_dualboot.net)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 07:34:35 -0500

Allen Thomson wrote:
> Russia has a set of early warning DSP-ish satellites that go
> under the name of OKO, but they seem to be vastly inferior to
> DSP in terms of general coverage and sensitivity. Everybody
> else has essentially zip, AFAIK. Rumors circulate that, IIRC,
> France and Israel are thinking about something along DSP lines.
>
> (The lack of a Chinese early warning system against US launches
> continues to puzzle me muchly.)

It puzzles me not at all. The Chinese are well aware that
in reality the US is not an agressive nation. Sure, just
like every other anti-American organization on the block
they will make the claim that America is evil, violent,
imperialist, a threat to the peace of the world, and
agressive. But when it comes to putting their money where
their mouth is it's clear they do not fear a pre-emptive
American nuclear strike, precisely because they know it is
extraordinarily unlikely.