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China has previously demonstrated anti-satellite weapons multiple times just to demonstrate they have them (and maybe make sure they work), I doubt they'd be th
by gpm 4y ago
China has previously demonstrated anti-satellite weapons multiple times just to demonstrate they have them (and maybe make sure they work), I doubt they'd be that worried about the cost to demonstrate that they mean it and are willing to use them.
- wcoenen 4y agoRussia has done the same demonstration last year [1]. And yet they have not destroyed starlink, even though SpaceX donated many dishes to Ukraine[2]. So there still seems to be some restraint around the concept of shooting down foreign satellites. I guess it's a "mutual assured destruction" type situation: once you shoot down a satellite, you'd better be prepared to lose your own. [1] https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_188780.htm https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_188780.htm [2] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/22/elon-musk-spacex-thousands-of-starlink-satellite-dishes-sent-to-ukraine.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/22/elon-musk-spacex-thousands-o...
- true_religion 4y agoUkraine isn't Russian territory even though Russia would like to believe differently. On the other hand, providing free media merely to subvert the people of main land China could be seen as a company over stepping it's bounds by far. I will bet China would sanction anyone who dealt with Starlink.