http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/01/18/china.missile/index.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6276543.stm
"The United States, Australia and Canada have criticised China over a weapons test it is said to have carried out in space last week.
The Americans say the Chinese sent up a ballistic missile to destroy an ageing weather satellite."
Scary stuff. Right now it just seems to amount to a "look what we can do threat," though it reminds me of what N. Korea pulled off last year.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6276543.stm
"The United States, Australia and Canada have criticised China over a weapons test it is said to have carried out in space last week.
The Americans say the Chinese sent up a ballistic missile to destroy an ageing weather satellite."
Scary stuff. Right now it just seems to amount to a "look what we can do threat," though it reminds me of what N. Korea pulled off last year.