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The United States threatened to take military action against China during a secret "star wars" arms race within the past few years, according to leaked documents obtained by The Daily Telegraph.
The two nuclear superpowers both shot down their own satellites using sophisticated missiles in separate show of strength, the files suggest.
The American Government was so incensed by Chinese actions in space that it privately warned Beijing it would face military action if it did not desist.
The strike, which resulted in thousands of pieces of debris orbiting the earth, raised fears that the Chinese had the power to cause chaos by destroying US military and civilian satellites.
A month after the Chinese strike, America shot down one of its own satellites, ostensibly to stop it returning to earth with a toxic fuel tank which would pose a health hazard. The Chinese did not believe the explanation.
In secret dispatches, US officials indicated that the strike was, in fact, military in nature.
Originally posted by apodictic
YESSSSSSS we're America let's threaten the WORLD because nothing bad could ever happen to us!!!!
Last September, Dr Liam Fox, the Defence Secretary, warned that rogue countries or terrorist groups could wipe out electronic systems by producing an electromagnetic pulse through a nuclear explosion high above the Earth.
Originally posted by john124
Is it perfectly reasonable to threaten China over this since the debris caused by the destruction of satellites can harm other satellities??
The strike, which resulted in thousands of pieces of debris orbiting the earth, raised fears that the Chinese had the power to cause chaos by destroying US military and civilian satellites.
Or not??
A month after the Chinese strike, America shot down one of its own satellites, ostensibly to stop it returning to earth with a toxic fuel tank which would pose a health hazard. The Chinese did not believe the explanation.
In secret dispatches, US officials indicated that the strike was, in fact, military in nature.
Originally posted by apodictic
It's not reasonable at all. We criticized China for shooting theirs down in fear that the debris would harm our satellites, yet we do the same adding in MORE debris?
Originally posted by apodictic
reply to post by ngchunter
Yeah so let's invade China, maybe that will stop the debris.
Originally posted by CanadianDream420
Didn't all counrties, at the UN, agree to not weaponize space????
Originally posted by ngchunter
Originally posted by apodictic
reply to post by ngchunter
Yeah so let's invade China, maybe that will stop the debris.
Where did I suggest anything of the sort? All I said was that the two incidents were not comparable. The US made sure their debris would not pose a persistent threat. The Chinese simply didn't care, or worse, wanted it to.