Chinese test

This event seems to be a huge miscalculation on their part. Surely someone
in their government must have realised that this is dangerous to their
reputation and hence their image in the world?

I mean, if anyone can prove it was debris from this which damages any
vehicle, I can see some heavy legal costs coming soon.

Let us hope it al re enters quickly and they do not repeat it. Considering
its been reported on many ordinary news broadcasts, and the stress is on the
debris angle not the implication from the military angle, I think they have
miscalculated badly here.

Unless they are thinking of becominga huge protection racket, IE, pay us or
we will blow up your vehicle... hardly likely!

Brian

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Brian Gaff wrote:
This event seems to be a huge miscalculation on their part.


The chinese rarely miscalculate. Yes, there will be protests, angry
diplomatic letters and lots of rethoric in the west. But in the end, the
west will still buy from China.

China is in a position of strength, especially with the USA having lost all
credibility in foreign affairs in the world. If the USA wants CHINA to stop
such practices, then the USA will have to give China something in exchange.

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Brian Gaff wrote:
This event seems to be a huge miscalculation on their part.


The chinese rarely miscalculate. Yes, there will be protests, angry
diplomatic letters and lots of rethoric in the west. But in the end, the
west will still buy from China.

China is in a position of strength, especially with the USA having lost
all credibility in foreign affairs in the world. If the USA wants CHINA
to stop such practices, then the USA will have to give China something in
exchange.

You mean like a satellite killer of our own? Oh wait, we've already got
one of those.

George

Brian Gaff wrote:
This event seems to be a huge miscalculation on their part. Surely someone
in their government must have realised that this is dangerous to their
reputation and hence their image in the world?

I think it was a smart move on their part. Previously if China had
demanded that someone stop taking satellite imagery of an area, or if
they demanded that Taiwan get degraded GPS/Galileo, the offending
organization would just say "no". Now that organization will have to
think twice about such a demand. A one-off successful ASAT test gives
any such future demands considerable weight.

The US did exactly the same thing. Remember that Europe's Galileo has
agreed to degrade its signal whenever and wherever the US wants? The
reason for this is that the US threatened Galileo with destruction
should they fail to comply. A threat which was backed up by two ASAT
tests (one kinetic, one laser).

So in the short-term does degrade China's image. But in the long-term
they become someone you don't want to upset.