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Saturday, June 16, 2012

China SC-19 Anti-Satellite Missile

The SC-19 missile is an anti-satellite weapon with history of sucess in real firing test against a deactivated chinese satellite. This program is also intended to be applied as strategic missile.
"Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao stated, 'There's no need to feel threatened about this' and argued that 'China will not participate in any kind of arms race in outer space.' Ironically, China had been long advocating to ban space weapons, which had been rejected by the United States under George W. Bush."
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_missile_test

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