Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:59 PM 2/25/2007, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: >It required a herculean effort for the Chinese to knock out one >satellite. By the time two or three are disabled by hostile fire, >ICBM missiles will be on the way. ICBMs, SAC bombers and missile >carrying submarines don't rely solely on GPS anyway. They are guided >by inertial navigation systems. We are safe until the Chinese find a >way to disable gravity. Larry It required a minimal effort with old technology for the Chinese to knock out that satellite of theirs. It was hardly a "herculean" task. They did this cleanly and clearly and without a glitch. You completely miss the point. The Chinese (and probably the Russians) are developing the ability to knock out all GPS satellites. The Russian GPS system is much weaker than is that run by the US, but, trust me, the Chinese are working to take that one out as well. In other words, if War becomes a reality, the Chinese want to have the ability to knock out everyone's GPS systems and so they should: it makes perfect sense from this lad's perspective. Again, 2007 is 2007. Look ahead to, say, 2020. Do not sell the Chinese cheap, as the US sold the Japanese cheap in 1941. They do not seek war but they want to be able to respond to a western war threat to them, and they are as paranoid as are the Russians about western intentions. There is a continuing need for celestial navigation. Answer the basic question: do you want US bombers on their way to China to have to stop off at Tokyo to ask for directions? Men don't ask for directions, after all. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!