China On Alert for Fallout From Destroyed U.S. Spy Satellite

[Kelly4C]

BEIJING — China said Thursday it was on the alert for possible harmful fallout from the U.S. shootdown of an ailing spy satellite and urged Washington to promptly release data about the action.

The comment from the Chinese Foreign Ministry came several hours after the Pentagon said a missile launched from a Navy cruiser had soared above the Pacific Ocean and smashed a dying and potentially dangerous U.S. spy satellite.

"China is continuously following closely the possible harm caused by the U.S. action to outer space security and relevant countries," ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told a regular news conference.

"China requests the U.S. to fulfill its international obligations in real earnest and provide to the international community necessary information and relevant data in a timely and prompt way so that relevant countries can take precautions."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331611,00.html

Big babies. I guess we aren't even allowed to protect our own land and space from falling harmful debris without other countries acting like we did something possibly sinister to them....

[run2Jesus]

The news said the chances of anything falling into the Earth's atmosphere now was one in a trillion. China is still smarting off because of their own catastrophes being found out---like the cat/dog food poisoning, the lead in children's toys, the contamination in frozen fish, and the list goes on and on. At least we had a REASON for shooting our satellite down. We weren't just taking target practice like THEY were not too long ago.:doh

[icebear]

Big babies. I guess we aren't even allowed to protect our own land and space from falling harmful debris without other countries acting like we did something possibly sinister to them....

no kidding.....

[HisAlways]

Why do they want information so badly? Gee......I cannot imagine.

[JY11]

Call me crazy...but I wouldn't be surprised if China fabricates some of the satellite's debris and claims that it landed in a populated area.

[Glory]

They said on the news that Russia too is making a big stink about this too. sigh. I guess we knew this would happen.

[antitox]

We are still the most technologically advanced and they don't like it.

They are going to treat us the same way they do Israel. When we do anything at all, they are going to complain. These two nations are communist, therefore they get irritated when we demonstrate that we can do something that they can't do it as well and they can't stand the thought that we still have the edge in space.

Secondly, they know this was a SPY satellite. This confirms that we have more up there that is updated and more powerful and we're getting rid of our older models. They saw how effectively and strategically that we executed the shootdown. Neither one has any legitimate reason to worry. It's just that they wish that they had toys that worked as well as ours.

They know we don't bother them, and that there isn't a reason for them to worry that we are going to attack them. They just want an upper hand. They are afraid that freedom might spread in the world, so they want the US to lose it's technological edge so that at some point they can become aggressive as they choose without a response from us. The US is and has always been a deterrent to those who hate freedom.

[I Believe!!!]

The news said the chances of anything falling into the Earth's atmosphere now was one in a trillion.

Really? So, the pieces are in outer space floating around instead of going into the ocean? I thought the USA went after China about their shot down satellite because of debris floating around and potentially hitting and damaging our satellites etc.

If that's the case, then it sounds like we were flexing our muscles.

[I Believe!!!]

Ok, I've answered my own question....:aha

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/window-to-shoot-satellite-just-seconds/2008/02/21/1203467246100.html


"Confirmation that the fuel tank has been fragmented should be available within 24 hours,'' the statement said.

"Due to the relatively low altitude of the satellite at the time of the engagement, debris will begin to re-enter the earth's atmosphere immediately,'' it added.

"Nearly all of the debris will burn up on re-entry within 24-48 hours and the remaining debris should re-enter within 40 days.''