China Tests Anti-Satellite Laser Weapon

schnippy writes "U.S. intelligence agencies believe that China has successfully tested an anti-satellite weapon by destroying one of their old weather satellites. The test, if confirmed, would be an order of magnitude more provocative than earlier reports of Chinese blinding lasers being. Arms Control Wonk has a good writeup on what this will mean for U.S. policy."

Re:LASER weapon?

[pipatron]

Of course it would have to be a robotic shark, anything else would be ridiculous.

Re:IMHO

[grimJester]

Considering that they shot down one of their own satellites, perhaps the US could shoot down one of their own satellites. From a European perspective this would be the funniest escalation of hostilities since Freedom Fries.

Re:How is this provocative ?

[Anonymous Coward]

remember they "won" vietnam

And north korea!!!

Now iraq!!! Hey they are 3 for 3!!

This is simple...

[LoganTeamX]

Just take out their anti-satellite satellites with the US Navy's new uber railgun?

But do they have...

[ehaggis]

Sharks with lasers on their heads?

Re:Just what the world needs...

[meckardt]

...another cold war.

Maybe this will offset all the Global Warming [slashdot.org].

the truth is being manipulated here

[circletimessquare]

first the story that the baiji, the blind chinese river dolphin, has gone extinct

now the announcement that the chinese have an advanced laser weapon

there's only one obvious conclusion: the extinction news was a lie, a cover up...

it isn't sharks with frickin' laser beams they're building, it's a top secret corp of dolphins with frickin' laser beams!

that's a very clever twist, but i see through your cynical machinations beijing

Re:IMHO

[TransEurope]

US Admiral: "Look at this, slitted eye! The Nimiz! The most phatt3st aircraft carrier ever build! Look what i can do!"
*push button* ... *buzzz!*
His colleague from the airforce: "You yellow little man think you can disarm ICBMs better than we can? I'll prove you that we disarm our complete arsenal in half the time your tech peons will find their screwdrivers, commi!"

Re:LASER weapon?

[Jesus_666]

Maybe LASER stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Rockets". An exploding warhead certainly ought to make the surrounding area a bit brighter...

+1 Traditional

[djdavetrouble]

You all are getting slow in your old age.
Trim your beards and try to keep up.
Its not we pwn teh space, or we ownerz teh space.
its
ALL YOUR SPACE ARE BELONG TO US.
Know your ./ history.

Re:LASER weapon?

[kalirion]

The LASER malfunctioned, so they renamed it "kinetic kill vehicle" and threw it at the satellite.

Re:This is just one more piece of bad news from Ch

[Anonymous Coward]

They are a soverign nation, not the 51st State of the USA

No, that's the UK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqOWBLugj9E [youtube.com]

Re:Just what the world needs...

[gigne]

"I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days."

I prefer the "e" and "o" in people as they seem to be missing from your posts.

Re:How is this provocative ?

[JavaLord]

Bruce Willis

Re:How is this provocative ?

[cayenne8]

"...kind of like when the south try to break away from the north, in the US Civil war..."

I think you mean the "War of Northern Agression"?

:-)