2007-02-03 14:59:41 · 6 answers · asked by cakerKing 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
some of you have said that its to protect our intrests. isnt it the same for them? if the US has every weapon ever created in their inventory then shouldnt they build more weapons to compete? arent they just protecting their intrests? arent we the same?
2007-02-03 15:16:39 · update #1
The problem is not the possession of ASAT missiles (Clinton sold them the technology). It was that the destruction of that satellite at that altitude imperils other satellites at that altitude. The debris field will grow larger over time and will not be geosynchronous.
Had the Chinese launched a lower level satellite for the purposes of the test it would have been much less controversial. And the US is not the only country angered as the debris may potentially effect dozens of communications and GPS satellites.
2007-02-03 15:06:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US and Russia stopped anti-satellite tests back in 1985. Also, China signed an agreement about such things not too long ago. China is breaking the agreement -- or at least backsliding on it.
The US has good reason to be concerned. If China continues to do what it's doing, the US would have very little choice but to resume its long dormant anti-satellite tests. Russia, of course, would also resume. Then, it could trigger a war in space -- kind of like Star Wars.. ahaha
2007-02-03 23:03:46 · answer #2 · answered by (...) ( - . - ) (...) 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What has democracy have to do with anything? THey are buildig weapons that threaten me. Should I help them so its all even? Were already sending millions of jobs over to their commy prison factories isn't that enough to make things democratic?
2007-02-03 23:04:12 · answer #3 · answered by crackleboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can and do have every weapon imaginable.
Nobody else (to my knowledge) is allowed this. Hence we are the head cheese. And that is the way it should stay, However wrong it is.
2007-02-03 23:06:11 · answer #4 · answered by Jungleboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
democracy works within a government...what you are talking about is outside our government and to look out for our own best interests.
2007-02-03 23:03:09 · answer #5 · answered by fade_this_rally 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
think about everything that depends on our satellites,,planes,communication,defense,
then think about china having the capability to take them out
it scares me, do you think china would do it???? i do
2007-02-03 23:07:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋