Chinese missile tests

It has been confirmed that the Chinese have recently completed a test that confirmed the test of a satellite assault missile. The Chinese used this missile to explode an old Chinese weather satellite over their territory. Many countries have shown great concern for this test, including Great Britain, Japan, and the United States. It seems that China is trying to put a little bit of icing on the situation by saying that this was not an attempt to militarize space. The main problem with this is that there are no weapons in space as of yet, and this marks the first weapon deployment into space.

China cannot argue that this is some type of scientific test by their government because it simply isn't. Although it may seem as a revolutionary idea, scientists have been able to perform such tests since the implementing of the very first intercontinental ballistic missiles during the Reagan administration. Other governments have not performed such tests because of a lack of necessity. There is nothing threatening or imposing about an out of date satellite, but the debris from an exploded Chinese satellite can damage U.S. spy satellites that orbit at the same altitude.