猛！中国向太空发射导弹摧毁老化卫星 美表示抗议
来源：中国日报网站 中国日报网环球在线消息：据英美媒体报道，美国白宫1月18日称，美国、澳大利亚和加拿大对中国进行20多年以来全球首次已知的太空反卫星实验表示担忧。但是媒体曝光称，其实美国研究其自己的反卫星武器的步伐一直没有停止。美国国家安全委员会发言人戈登?约翰德罗称，中国于1月11日利用一颗陆基中程弹道导弹将该国位于860公里高空的一颗老化的气象卫星撞毁。他说：“美国认为，中国开发和试验此类武器与美中两国期待在民用太空领域合作的精神不符。我们和其它国家已经对此向中方表示了担忧。”一名美国国防部官员抱怨称，试验当天，美国无法与五角大楼国家侦察办公室去年发射的一颗实验间谍卫星取得联系。但是并没有迹象表明，这与中国进行反卫星实验有直接关系。
媒体认为，布什政府应该反观自己的太空政策。美国去年10月修订国家太空政策，以加强对民用和军用卫星的保护，在国内外遭到强烈批评。批评人士指出，美国此举意在禁止所有竞争国家使用太空。上个月，美国国务院负责武器控制和国际安全的高官罗伯特?约瑟夫说，其它国家，甚至恐怖组织，都正在“获取反制、袭击和战胜美国太空系统的能力。任何国家、任何非国家的参与方，都不要错误地以为美国会容忍他们对其和平利用太空权利的阻挠”。
美国上次进行反卫星实验是在1985年9月13日，但此后美国研究自己的反卫星武器的努力一直没有停止，目前正在试验利用陆基激光对航天器进行抑制、干扰和摧毁。美国太空专家马克?卡西莱斯称，美国国防部可能会以中国进行反卫星实验为由，进行一大批军事太空项目。卡西莱斯说，“他们会以此来大作文章”，洛克希德－马丁、波音、诺斯洛普-格鲁曼等大公司将从中受益，因为美国的通信、侦察和预警卫星都是它们制造的。
比如，波音公司正在研制可以在导弹加速阶段将其击落的机载激光系统，该系统可用于拦截反卫星袭击。但是由于成本增加，这个项目已经被推迟，将在2008年晚些时候进行首次实境实验。（成长）
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中国成功试验反卫星导弹？ WASHINGTON (CNN) -- China last week successfully used a missile to destroy an orbiting satellite, U.S. government officials told CNN on Thursday, in a test that could undermine relations with the West and pose a threat to satellites important to the U.S. military.
According to a spokesman for the National Security Council, the ground-based, medium-range ballistic missile knocked an old Chinese weather satellite from its orbit about 537 miles above Earth. The missile carried a "kill vehicle" and destroyed the satellite by ramming it.
The test took place on January 11. (Watch why the U.S. has protested the missile strike )
Aviation Week and Space Technology first reported the test: "Details emerging from space sources indicate that the Chinese Feng Yun 1C (FY-1C) polar orbit weather satellite launched in 1999 was attacked by an asat (anti-satellite) system launched from or near the Xichang Space Center."
A U.S. official, who would not agree to be identified, said the event was the first successful test of the missile after three failures.
The official said that U.S. "space tracking sensors" confirmed that the satellite is no longer in orbit and that the collision produced "hundreds of pieces of debris," that also are being tracked.
The United States logged a formal diplomatic protest.
"We are aware of it and we are concerned, and we made it known," said White House spokesman Tony Snow.
Several U.S. allies, including Canada and Australia, have also registered protests, and the Japanese government said it was worrisome.
"Naturally, we are concerned about it from the viewpoint of security as well as peaceful use of space," said Yashuhisa Shiozaki, chief cabinet secretary. He said Japan has asked the Chinese government for an explanation.
The United States has been able to bring down satellites with missiles since the mid-1980s, according to a history of ASAT programs posted on the Union of Concerned Scientists Web site. In its own test, the U.S. military knocked a satellite out of orbit in 1985.
Under a space policy authorized by President Bush in August, the United States asserts a right to "freedom of action in space" and says it will "deter others from either impeding those rights or developing capabilities intended to do so."
The policy includes the right to "deny, if necessary, adversaries the use of space capabilities hostile to U.S. national interests."
Low Earth-orbit satellites have become indispensable for U.S. military communications, GPS navigation for smart bombs and troops, and for real-time surveillance. The Chinese test highlights the satellites' vulnerability.
"If we, for instance, got into a conflict over Taiwan, one of the first things they'd probably do would be to shoot down all of our lower Earth-orbit spy satellites, putting out our eyes," said John Pike of globalsecurity.org, a Web site that compiles information on worldwide security issues.
"The thing that is surprising and disturbing is that [the Chinese] have chosen this moment to demonstrate a military capability that can only be aimed at the United States," he said. 连英文版你都找 来了，强人
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