Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Chinese ABM test could be ASAT test in disguise
Experts believe China's recent anti-missile test could actually have been a disguise of its anti-satellite capabilities.
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
China's laser-based ASAT
Sean O'Connor has done another great job analyzing potential sites that might house China's laser-based ASAT program.
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Debris from Chinese ASAT test will orbit orbit for another 80 or 90 years
Debris from a Chinese anti-satellite test will remain in orbit for another 80 or 90 years, Gen. Kevin Chilton, head of U.S. Strategic Command said.
By contrast, debris from the disabled US 193 spy satellite shoot down by a U.S. SM3 missile last year had cleared.
"Every bit of debris created by that (U.S.) intercept has de-orbited," Chilton told a symposium on air warfare hosted by the U.S. Air Force Association in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
China Appears To Regret Asat Test
Joan Johnson-Freese, chairman of the National Security Decision-Making Dept. at the U.S. Naval War College, said China appears to have regretted carrying out their anti-satellite weapon test last year.
"The Chinese took very careful aim and shot themselves in the foot with that test," says Johnson-Freese.
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Sunday, May 13, 2007
U.S. Commander Meets China's Top General
Adm. Timothy Keating, the new commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, exchanged views with China's top general Gen. Guo Boxiong on Beijing's anti-satellite test in January.
Keating said Guo characterized the test as "scientific in nature" and hailed it a success.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
China's Space Odyssey: What the Antisatellite Test Reveals About Decision-Making in Beijing
China's recent antisatellite test, which the military conducted while leaving civilian authorities mostly in the dark, raises a disturbing question: Will Beijing's stovepiped bureaucracies prevent China from becoming a reliable global partner?
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China test boosted space risk up to 40 pct: U.S. govt
The Chinese anti-satellite test in January increased the risk that a spacecraft could collide with debris by up to 40 percent in some orbits, the U.S. Air Force Space Command said on Wednesday.
The risk of a crash with a piece of debris 1 cm or larger rose to a range of 1.1-1.4 in 1,000, depending on the orbit, according to the command.
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Monday, April 23, 2007
U.S. knew of China's missile test, but kept silent
Three months after the Chinese ASAT test, a new debate has developed as to whether the Bush administration properly handled the episode or missed an opportunity to discourage the Chinese from crossing a new military threshold.
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Sunday, April 15, 2007
Heated Space Race Under Way in Asia
The most heated space race since the Cold War is under way in Asia, where countries are concluding that a space program is no longer just an expensive status symbol but a matter of national security.
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Friday, April 13, 2007
Chinese ASAT strike was third try; had mobile element
U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright says China's anti-satellite test in January was its third and only successful attempt.
Meanwhile U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley said the missiles were fired from a mobile platform.
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Thursday, April 12, 2007
China poses risk to key U.S. satellites: top general
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley told a space industry conference that China's anti-satellite test in January put vital U.S. national-security satellites at risk.
"That successful capability now puts the majority of our low-Earth orbit satellites at some risk, including the ones that are extremely, extremely important to us in our national security," he said.
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Beijing space test scattered debris
Brig. Gen. C. Donald Alston, the USAF Space Command's director of space operations, told The Washington Times that an additional 1,000 space-debris were tracked after China's anti-satellite test in January.
The test also triggered a comprehensive review of space-monitoring efforts by Space Command.
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U.S. favors stealthy anti-satellite strategy
Space experts and former intelligence officials say the United States already has an anti-satellite capability that is different from the Chinese one.
By turning off telemetry, the United States can put satellites out of commission for critical periods of time or send them spiraling out of control.
The method is not new, the Soviet Union once turn off a Marisat satellite in the 70s.
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Chinese missile test heightened threat to Taiwan, study says
The Council on Foreign Relations, an independent private research group based in New York, says China recent anti-satellite test increased it's military threat to Taiwan by demonstrating a limited ability to blind U.S. satellites that would be deployed in defense of the island.
The report says China believes it can only take and hold Taiwan without United States' intervention.
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Saturday, March 24, 2007
U.S. general says China missile test "confusing"
General Peter Pace, chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, said China's anti-satellite missile test in January sent a confusing message to the world about its military plans.
Pace is on his first official visit to China.
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Saturday, February 17, 2007
US commander calls PRC missile test 'regrettable'
Outgoing commander of U.S. Pacific forces, Admiral William J. Fallon, said China's recent test of an anti-satellite missile was an effort by PLA to develop the ability to counter American military power if there is a face-off over Taiwan.
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
U.S. clashes with China, Russia over space weapons
The United States clashed with China and Russia at the meeting of the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament yesterday over how to prevent an arms race in outer space.
Washington criticized Beijing for its recent test of an anti-satellite missile. Russia and China, in turn, condemned United States for refusing to consider a treaty banning space weapons.
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Saturday, February 03, 2007
U.S. gauges China’s anti-satellite strategy
U.S. officials say China is considering a covert anti-satellite network that could nullify America's advantage in space during wartime.
They point to a number of Chinese satellites are in orbits that bring them close to key U.S. satellites. These satellites have no particular missions.
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Friday, February 02, 2007
China's Space-Weapon Test Could Endanger Astronauts and Satellites
The Center for Space Standards and Innovation says the debris field created by China's recent anti-satellite test is slowly spreading itself in a ring around the Earth.
The debris field could threaten the International Space Station and U.S. military satellites.
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
GOP Senator: Confront China Weapons Test
Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl criticized the Bush administration Monday for failing to aggressively confront China over its test of a anti-satellite weapon.
Kyl calls for the administration to bolster its defensive and offensive space capabilities and not to trust that China will restrain itself against exploiting space for weapons and other military uses.
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
China's Missile Strike May Crimp U. S. Exports
Washington may tighten export of dual-use technologies to China after its recent anti-satellite missile test.
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China Denies Intent to Militarize Space
Chinese Foreign ministry officials acknowledged to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill over the weekend in Beijing that they have tested an anti-satellite weapon.
But the officials stressed that the test should not be seen as a threat and does not signal the beginning of a space race.
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Monday, January 22, 2007
China''s Asat Test Will Intensify U.S.-Chinese Faceoff in Space
Aviation Week has more details of the Chinese anti-satellite missile test last week.
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
Chinese Test Anti-Satellite Weapon
Aviation Week is reporting that U. S. intelligence agencies believe China performed a successful anti-satellite (asat) weapons test at more than 500 mi. altitude Jan. 11.
A kinetic kill vehicle launched on board a ballistic missile destroyed an aging Chinese weather satellite target.
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