Down with blowing stuff up in Outer Space!

Judt

Whatever about putting weapons in space, in the event of a major war no powers capable of having assets in space will hold back from shooting down one another's satellites. They'd be nuts not to do it.

purple'n'gold

leninbenjamin wrote:

I thought it was the chinese who blew it up? an old weather satellite or something, and it drove the Americans/Koreans/Japanese all nuts?

Just as long as they don’t blow up sky’s Astra satellite. We’d be lost without sky.

Sponge Bob

Meanwhile in America

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/01/AFairbornelaser070129/

Airborne Laser to test-fire in flight

These modifications were necessary for the integration, to be made later this year, of the Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser — a missile-killing, high-energy chemical laser.

The COIL is composed of six interconnected modules, each as large as a sport utility vehicle turned on end. Each module weighs about 6,500 pounds and has 3,600 separate parts. When fired through a window in the aircraft’s nose turret, it produces enough energy in a 5-second burst to power a typical household for more than an hour.

partholon

Sponge Bob wrote:

Meanwhile in America

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/01/AFairbornelaser070129/



The COIL is composed of six interconnected modules, each as large as a sport utility vehicle turned on end. Each module weighs about 6,500 pounds and has 3,600 separate parts. When fired through a window in the aircraft’s nose turret, it produces enough energy in a 5-second burst to power a typical household for more than an hour.

THE COIL!!!, sweet jesus im sorry but if its as effective as its namesake the chineese have nothing to worry about:D

how the hell did someone in marketing not catch that one

Judt

Just thank your lucky stars they're not firing C-Bomb's at us...