Global Pulse - 2/28/08: Space War

(February 28, 2008) Why shoot a satellite down? You are 1000 times more likely to get hit by lightning than by the toxic fuel in the dead satellite the U.S. shot down last week. Broadcasters worldwide speculated on the real reason - to keep enemies from getting their hands on secret technology; to display our missile prowess; to tweak China, which shot its own satellite down a year ago. China, now repentant, is joining Russia and the UN in a treaty to ban weapons from space, a treaty the Bush administration refuses to join. Americans are unaccustomed to thinking about treaties, but with a new U.S. president on the way, this may be one worth considering.

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[jsifo2]

Tell America to get out of iraq and afghanistan lol

[albert008]

Just tell the whits to get out of America. Tibet is a part of China long before the USA was established.

[MrTheaterjunkee]

so fucking what!

[kisameitachiakatsuki]

why do people spy on each other

[Cwackajak]

sounds, looks, and has the symptoms of a weapons test.

[Nasiar99]

space wars sound cool.

[dlobrown8888]

really? China also launced its first satellite in 1970 too...

[uclaxlhuang]

hahahahahahahaha. people are just all liers. they need to die

[HelloWorldLove]

idiot media, nothing can be left far before when those pieces fell down into the air, how they can hurt people.

[PikaShuXZero99]

Fuxk the dali lama. Tell the white people to get out of the world problem. the white people have military bases in over 100 countires around the world.

[trevorgodchild]

e for effort