Doesn't anyone remember that 10 or more years ago the US demonstrated our own satellite killing capability?

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I am not surprised that we're pissed that the Chinese have done this. I'd say we are more scared than pissed, though. Like when Russia got the bomb. We can only hope they get enough internet and cellphones that they don't want to lose them all if we had to do the same in retaliation. That's what would happen. Almost all phones, cable, certainly the internet and of course the military stuff would all go away if we got into that kinda shooting match with China. Our system is not ground based like the crude Chinese one. We strap a rocket onto an F-18, have it fly up as high as possible, then it shoots the rocket at the enemy sattelite. The Chinese have to erect a missle and go through all that trouble. We just scramble a squadron of planes and pop 'em out of the sky. This was all on the news a decade ago. Wonder why CNN's report did not mention that we have a much better way of doing it too. Trick'd be to replace them quick enough as they get zapped. (We also have a 747-based laser.)

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