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:254743 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
