[转帖]Pentagon Confirms China's Anti-Satellite Laser Test
<div>Shaveta Bansal - All Headline News Staff Writer</div><p>Washington D.C. (AHN) - The Pentagon has confirmed that China has tested its anti-satellite laser and jammed a U.S. satellite but wouldn't say which satellite was involved. </p><p>The U.S. has 30 Global Positioning Satellites that it relies on for a number of tasks. That ranges from military uses such as targeting bombs and finding enemy locations to consumer uses such as automobile navigation systems and bank automatic teller machines. </p><p>The Pentagon's National Reconnaissance Office Director Donald Kerr acknowledged the incident to Defense News last week, but said it did not materially damage the U.S. satellite's ability to collect information. </p><p>"It makes us think," Kerr said.</p><p>The incident has sparked worldwide concerns over the vulnerabilities of communications satellites and has made watchdog groups to re-consider if satellite problems are caused by malfunctions, weather anomalies like solar flares, or targeted attacks.</p><p>Air Force Space Commander General Kevin Chilton said, "We're at a point where the technology's out there and the capability for people to do things to our satellites is there. I'm focused on it beyond any single event."</p><p>The reports of Beijing's testing of the anti-satellite laser is likely to reignite the debate over the U.S.' own anti-satellite program, Starfire, for which the House of Representatives attempted to block funding.</p><p>The funds were reinstated after Air Force </p><p>URL FROM:http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7005096999</p>小商品城海洋,购物者天堂.
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