Debris from China's ASAT test endangers space flights 'into 21st century'
China’s anti-satellite weapon test highlights the growing danger of space weaponry, a State Department official said.
“Despite China's claim that the direct-ascent anti-satellite test was merely a peaceful scientific experiment and was not directed at any specific state, this flight-test clearly demonstrated China's technological capability to develop a weapon to attack satellites in low-Earth orbit,” said Donald Mahley, acting deputy assistant secretary of state for threat reduction.
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Illustration of the Chinese ASAT test [ZOOM] against the Chinese FENGYUN 1C polar-orbiting weather satellite on Jan. 11, 2007.
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China has penetrated U.S. databases: 'They are already in and we have to find them'
