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This seems like a bad idea to me. The debris field generated by ASAT hits were the military's reason for not pursuing anti-sat weapons. I suppose they figure that the thing will be in a much lower orbit so the hit won't be so bad.
From a diplomatic perspective this is a nightmare. We yell at the Chinese for their experiment and then we take one of our own out. It practically gives the Chinese the green light to keep working on ASATs. This is the sort of cowboy move that will have lasting impressions.
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04 R1100SA (Pacific Blue metalic)
99 R1100SA (black) -- Totalled
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