Maggie's Farm

In thinking over the Chinese vs. USA military challenge a key component is already being employed by the Chinese.

Several months ago the Chinese targeted one of their aging weather satellites and blew it up. The natural result of this was the creation of a huge debris field.

This past week the US was forced to maneuver two satellites around this debris field. This causes the finite fuel aboard our satellites to be used more rapidly than the syllabus calls for. This shortens their useful life by a huge factor and is very costly.

The Chinese HAD to know the orbits of these US satellites and what blowing up their weather satellite would do to their efficacy.by creating a debris field in their path. It was basically an act of war.

Should the Chinese continue to blow up aging satellites and create larger and larger debris fields our satellites will be eventually trashed.

Washington issued to the Chinese at the time a very stern warning about their "test" of blowing up satellites, but for now the one debris field is costing the US millions.

This could explain the premature degradation and decaying orbit of one of our spy satellites .. knocked out by Chinese created space debris. Very subtle and with built in plausible deniability, the Chinese are at minimum twisting our tail.

The Mark Steyn piece is as good a read today as it was on the 24th when I first posted it, here at Maggies Farm...but then Steyn is always a good read.

read it thrice and you will embrace it with a glow that will bathe you in peace and contentment.

First Caroline ,now Teddy going big for Obama.

If there exists an electorate more deserving of the nations hatred, other than Massachusetts electorate, I'd like someone to elaborate on the why's.

They have continued to burden the US Senate with another Kennedy liar (Chappaquiddick, among others) the porcine, bloviating drunk for decades now. This after supporting the patriarch run running Hitler loving Joe ,Sr. and the unquestioning support for the drug addict, adulterer, cowardly JFK.

What a slimy state.

What purpose would it serve China to militarily attack the US?

I can't think of an advantage they would gain. They would also lose their country. We do have nukes on subs last I heard.

The scenario they are working on the hardest is bringing down our C4 capabilities and our economic structure via a massive attack on our various internet systems. They already have an entire military division devoted to the daily hacking into our works.

If they did that we'd nuke 'em. There's more that one GPS type system in place for the military and Peking and the entire newly rich coast of China would be vaporized.

What they have managed to do and will continue doing is to indenture us economically to them so that all negotiation we have with then begin like our negotiations with Berkina Faso.

Sunshine patriot, way to go. Open the door for the Dems to stuff the SCOTUS and all the Executive Branch with socialists that we'll have to deal with for the next 30 years. That'll help things.

The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this election, shrink from the responsibility of upholding capitalism over socialism; but he that stands now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

So Rufus you just run on down to the registrars office and sign up to join the side you damn well know has more socialism in their philosophy of government than the Chinese currently do.

...and Rufus you'll just feel the socialist love wash over you when the government nationalizes the fuel industry and begins using the Kelo decision to confiscate private property and give it to other private citizens who will promise to produce higher tax revenue...of course with our government bailing out every business with more than 100 employees that shouldn't be too difficult.

Capitalist to socialist, the Rufus answer to a tough election.

Buddy, good advice from Mr Kudlow ..... as you know I'm always of a sunny disposition and ready to throttle those who aren't.

Yes W, stay the course (I know he will) and bomb Iran.

.......with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy calling him a "man with extraordinary gifts of leadership and character," a worthy heir to his assassinated brother.

Somebody,anybody please tell me how Ted Kennedy could recognize the traits necessay for competent leadership?

His father was recalled as Amb to Gr Britain because he was so pro NAZI he was giving FDR heartburn, not to mention giving cover to one of histories great killers, a man who gassed people to death and then burned them in ovens. Daddy of course made his fortune running rum during the prohibition era, thus flaunting the law and "running" with the likes of Al Capone. So was it from his father he learned leadership qualities. I think not.

JFK, a bullet ended his treachery and drug ridden adulterous life. Yes, Caroline your daddy and Uncle Bobby were sharing Marilyn Monroe when your daddy wasn't humping Mafia Boss, Sam Giancannas girl , Judy Extner ...Don't guess Fat Eddy learned much there, except maybe not to ride in open top cars.

The dog Ed Kennedy wouldn't know a "an extraordinary gift of leadership and character under any circumstance. He's the biggest asshole in the Senate, bar none. I think he has some issues. We can all pray for a really massive CVA to take him out, so all hope is not lost.

In thinking over the Chinese vs. USA military challenge a key component is already being employed by the Chinese.

Several months ago the Chinese targeted one of their aging weather satellites and blew it up. The natural result of this was the creation of a huge debris field.

This past week the US was forced to maneuver two satellites around this debris field. This causes the finite fuel aboard our satellites to be used more rapidly than the syllabus calls for. This shortens their useful life by a huge factor and is very costly.

The Chinese HAD to know the orbits of these US satellites and what blowing up their weather satellite would do to their efficacy.by creating a debris field in their path. It was basically an act of war.

Should the Chinese continue to blow up aging satellites and create larger and larger debris fields our satellites will be eventually trashed.

Washington issued to the Chinese at the time a very stern warning about their "test" of blowing up satellites, but for now the one debris field is costing the US millions.

This could explain the premature degradation and decaying orbit of one of our spy satellites .. knocked out by Chinese created space debris. Very subtle and with built in plausible deniability, the Chinese are at minimum twisting our tail.

Luther,
It's classic Sun Tsu. Chapter 4 The Tactic of Disposition for a start with other Sun Tsu involved. That's my take on it anyway.

It fits in very logically with the division they have daily attacking our C4 capabilities (of which satellites are certainly a component) yet allows them to continue a military buildup way beyond their needs with plausible deniability that they are doing anything.