I was watching a show last night and found out some things that really are alarming to say the least. So, today, I went looking for more information on the subject. I will be posting more about political, safety, military, and our defense. Ending trade with China is CRUCIAL. They are NOT our friends, and if our government does not WAKE up we will be in serious peril in the not so distant future!

China Attempted To Blind U.S. Satellites With Laser
By: VAGO MURADIAN

China has fired high-power lasers at U.S. spy satellites flying over its territory in what experts see as a test of Chinese ability to blind the spacecraft, according to sources. It remains unclear how many times the ground-based laser was tested against U.S. spacecraft or whether it was successful.

But the combination of China’s efforts and advances in Russian satellite jamming capabilities illustrate vulnerabilities to the U.S. space network are at the core of U.S. Air Force plans to develop new space architectures and highly classified systems, according to sources.

According to experts, lasers — depending on their power level — could blind electro-optical satellites like the giant Keyhole spacecraft or even interfere with radar satellites like the Lacrosse. Blinding, one source said, is different than disabling given the enormous power required to shoot a laser through the dense lower atmosphere and reach a fast-moving satellite in space. The hardware on the spacecraft can’t be changed given they’re in orbit, but software changes can help them weather disruptive attacks.

Russian jamming systems are publicly known — the Air Force destroyed such a system deployed to Iraq to keep American GPS guided bombs from finding their targets during the 2003. The site was destroyed by GPS guided bombs.
Pentagon officials, however, have kept quiet regarding China’s efforts as part of a Bush administration policy to keep from angering Beijing, which is a leading U.S. trading partner and seen as key to dealing with onerous states like North Korea and Iran.

Even the Pentagon’s recent China report failed to mention Beijing’s efforts to blind U.S. reconnaissance satellites. Rather, after a contentious debate, the White House directed the Pentagon to limit its concern to one line. In that one line, the report merely acknowledges China has the ability to blind U.S. satellites, thanks to a powerful ground-based laser capable of firing a beam of light at an optical reconnaissance satellite to keep it from taking pictures as it passes overhead.

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Keep in mind that this is apparently “old news.” However, there are some new things on the horizon and I will be posting more about this issue on a regular basis. It’s more than not buying a toy for our kids…we need to REALLY consider the impact that helping China and being all wrapped up in them can and will cost…

Layguy sent me this nifty article from USA Today and the Associated Press. Their copyright forbids me from posting the entire things here so please read the entire thing.

Its always nice to know the communist nation with a gazillion human rights violations on it back, the one that we are constantly pouring money into, can hack into our military secrets. But wait, don’t they make the computers in the first place? Pretty scary if you ask me. Continue Reading »

President Bush stated the following in an interview with Sky News in Australia:

.. that he would be concerned about China’s military if the country ever turned hostile, and he urged allied countries to keep their troops in Iraq.

Speaking to Australia’s Sky News network in Washington ahead of a visit to Australia an annual meeting of Pacific Rim leaders, Bush addressed China’s growing economy and military.

”My view of China is that they’re internally focused to the extent that they want economic growth and vitality, they’re externally focused in order to get the raw materials they need, but if they ever turn hostile, I would be concerned about the military,” Bush said.

Bush said his administration spends ”a lot of time on China” and that Washington had good relations with both China and Japan, two traditional rivals in Asia. He said it was important for the United States to be an ”active presence in Asia to make sure that old tensions don’t flare up.”

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