[SEMI-OT] Chinese Kinetic ASAT Test

On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:36:39 -0600, in a place far, far away, Pat
Flannery made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:



frédéric haessig wrote:
That's more of a question mark. I don't think that the liability is so
clearly defined in the international treaties which state that lanching
nations are responsible; Again, there's no international court to acess
damage.


In this new article, the dates of the three failed ASAT tests are given
as April, October, and November of last year, which suggests they want
to get this technology operational in fairly short order:

One wonders what their rush is...

Rand Simberg wrote:
In this new article, the dates of the three failed ASAT tests are given
as April, October, and November of last year, which suggests they want
to get this technology operational in fairly short order:


One wonders what their rush is...


Especially considering the slow-as-molasses Shenzhou program; this
baby's obviously on the front burner.

Pat