Originally Posted by
Nightshade
No they are upset because when they hit their satellite it was a show of their technology and how if it came down to a war they could just destroy satellites and put their enemy in the dark. The US doing this is a show of "we can do it too".
It's simple posturing on both countries parts and kind of stupid if you ask me.
that would be a valid point if we had never used a missile to destroy a satellite in the past. but we have. and from a aircraft not a ship or land based like the chinese. so thats kind of a moot point. it was already known we could
theres always a bit of show off attitude when these things happen, but that wasnt the primary or deciding factor ... its not something new for the US military, they've done it before
Originally Posted by
v6_accord_jerz
The missle probably only cost a few million to build to blow up a useless satellite. Glad we have money to throw away. :usa:
60 mil all said and done
the missile cost 10 mil alone