MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Saturday a U.S. plan to shoot down an ailing spy satellite could be used as a cover to test a new space weapon.

 

The ministry said there was insufficient proof that Washington's decision to fire a missile at the disabled satellite was to prevent a potentially deadly leak of toxic gas as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere.

 

"In our opinion, the decision to destroy the U.S. satellite is not as harmless as it is being presented. Especially as the United States has been avoiding talks on restricting a space arms race for quite a long time," the ministry's information department said in a statement.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080216/ts_nm/russia_usa_satellite_dc

Why is Russia so concerned unless they plan to attack the US? They need to just calm down a little bit.

Why is Russia so concerned unless they plan to attack the US? They need to just calm down a little bit.

 

I just started laughing when I saw the article. Our military is stretched thin with everything going on in the middle east.

 

While I know that our government enjoys lying to no end, I don't think we have any reason to believe they are lying about a satellite that we can see plummeting to the earth. :lol:

I just started laughing when I saw the article. Our military is stretched thin with everything going on in the middle east.

 

While I know that our government enjoys lying to no end, I don't think we have any reason to believe they are lying about a satellite that we can see plummeting to the earth. :lol:

 

Let me guess. We "caused" the satellite to crash just so we can run some missile tests. Craziness.

North Korea will probably shoot 12 bottle rockets tomorrow in protest.

This is funny stuff, and Russia knows what I talking about. It seems when they have send a missle to space for "security tests" it's dandy for them, but if the US does it we are up to no good. Talk about calling the kettle black.

North Korea will probably shoot 12 bottle rockets tomorrow in protest.

That was a good one. :lol:

North Korea will probably shoot 12 bottle rockets tomorrow in protest.

:lol:

And at night too, so everyone can see them in complete darkness. From satelitte pictures, North Korea is almost in total darkness at night, while South Korea is lit up like the Milky Way Galaxy.

And what happens if we do nothing and the satellite decides to come down in Red Square? You got it..we planned it that way when we sent it up how ever many years ago.

The folks in countries like Russia just come off as morons sometimes, IMO. Its as if they can't remove the blinders long to enough to realize that this this could land in their country. They can't get past the arms race.

I'm not so sure that the Russians are wrong. Blowing up a satellite in orbit sounds like a really bad idea. NORAD would then have a lot of additional junk to track in orbit. It seems that it would be easier to do a retroactive burn or to have the space shuttle pick it up.

One would think that any toxic gas would burn up on re-entry. I think it's a test.

China shot down a satellite recently. It's probably a test. We'll see a space arms race this century as each country tries to find a way to shoot down ICBMs and then try to find away to shoot down the satellites and missiles designed to shoot down the ICBMs. Etc. etc.

Suppose every major nuclear player developed a means of shooting down ICBMs, thus effectively neutralizing the nuclear weapons threat. Would we (mankind) be better off without such a threat or would this encourage more aggression third world nations?

Suppose every major nuclear player developed a means of shooting down ICBMs, thus effectively neutralizing the nuclear weapons threat. Would we (mankind) be better off without such a threat or would this encourage more aggression third world nations?

 

 

ICBMs are not the only method of delivery.