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Old January 20th, 2007, 12:26 AM
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Default Re: OT: China develops anti-satellite weapon

Yeah, um... it's actually kinda easy to destroy a satelite if you know where it is. You "just" put something else on an intersecting orbit, ideally orbiting in the opposite direction. Under such conditions, a handful of steel ball bearings will vaporise just about anything up there (or at least render it rather nonfunctional). Granted, hitting the target can get dicy.....
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