We couldn't really pick off hundreds of inbound ballistic missiles like we were shooting clay pigeons though, could we? I mean, shooting down a predictably orbiting, dead satellite is one thing....but i thought most of our Star Wars intercept tests had been pretty much failures??
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The tactical implications of it are important too, the shootdown just > messed up the prime strategy of the Chinese. From what I read if they invade > Taiwan the Chinese military have been planning to use a massive first strike > of S/IRBM's with conventional warheads to cripple the island before landing > soldiers. > > > and you wonder why the chineese and russians are going banannas over > > this... The chineese really thought they had the upper hand in > > blowing up orbiting satellites... hehehe... > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254744 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
