这两天最大的新闻或许就是这个了,在18号,美国媒体率先报道了中国发射了一枚中程导弹摧毁了已经退役风云1C气象卫星。美国日本澳大利亚等表示关注或者谴责,认为这会给和平利用外太空带来威胁,顺便鼓吹中国的太空威胁。表示美国应该加大投入发展太空军力。
目前国防部和外交部对此保持沉默。不过从现状分析应该是真的。具体因为何种原因导致这次试验尚不清楚,或许有幕后的动作引发。(目前稍微有关的就是朝核问题、伊朗核问题,缅甸问题、苏丹问题,美国提出发展太空军力问题,日本要大规模改进军力,并游说欧洲保持封锁问题,还有07年是台海关键一年的问题。似乎算不上直接的原因)
CNN等的报道就不提了,下面引述一个比较权威的空间网站(http://www.spacedaily.com/)的报道。
China Trashes LEO With Debris From Anti Satellite Test
Washington (AFP) Jan 18, 2007
The United States, Japan and Australia voiced concern Friday after US spy agencies said China had shot down a satellite for the first time, raising the stakes over the military use of space. Washington said China fired a missile to destroy an orbiting weather satellite last week, making it the third country after the United States and the former Soviet Union to shoot down anything in space. The successful test means China, which declined to comment, could now theoretically shoot down spy satellites operated by other nations.