^ well put.
Putin shows off his old school bombers that can still roam the skies.
We 1 up them by shooting down a satelite.
and they will 1 up us somehow.
Let the arms race return
The chinese blew up a satellite with an earth based missile just over a year ago, FYI.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/01/18/china.missile/index.html
Well according to what Fry just posted
“The United States has been able to bring down satellites with missiles since the mid-1980s, according to a history of ASAT programs posted on the Union of Concerned Scientists Web site. In its own test, the U.S. military knocked a satellite out of orbit in 1985.”
shooting down a satalite far more > some old bombers
They aren’t even in the same league hahaha.
But yeah America > russia
Russia has a lot of shit they can pull out of their hat to 1 up us.
Putin started with something small and cheap, no telling what he will do next.
It is wise not to underestimate how stubborn he is.
I know we have had the ability to do it. We just haven’t this isn’t anything offensive. More like a reminder. Much like how Russia and US used to test nuclear weapons. It’s a reminder. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have given it this much media. Especially if the govt could be liable for civilian problems etc.
It’s like, I see your bomber and I raise you a destroyed satellite.
The last time we did this we used a jet flown to 80000 feet and it fired a modified missile. This time we’re trying to launch a ship based missile, which to my knowledge has never been done before.
Correct. Which again is an example of our capabilities for the world.
^ Firing it from a ship, yes, from land. no.
It’s like, I see your bomber and I raise you a destroyed satellite.
And, Im interested to see who will raise it next
Fuck that I’m not, I lived through one cold war on air bases…I’d rather not go through that again. Sitting in bunkers sucks.
Well if this keeps up…People might want to get in the defense industry careers…
Nothing like a good arms war to stimulate the economy…
It worked in the 80s sorta lol and it definately worked during WWII
I think they might have lost communication with it… and having a self destruct switch… yea… kind of dangerous…
This will just get all the conspiracy retards worked up. Pointless
Nice, and for some reason my Dish network is down…hmmm 
j/k
:word::poke:
Pointless to shoot something down the size of bus that would probably remain intact on re-entry, and release a pioson cloud the size of two football fields? Just because it might get conspiracy whack jobs worked up?
As usual, you win the golden picard of the thread.
Bet the guys who tackled that one month redesign of the missile were damn proud last night. Wonder where rocket scientists go to party after a great day at work.
they dont