US could shoot down Euro GPS system if used by China

[DireStrike]

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/milspace-04zc.html

London (AFP) Oct 24, 2004
The United States could attack Europe's planned network of global positioning satellites if it was used by a hostile power such as China, The Business weekly reported Sunday.

Galileo, a constellation of 30 satellites and ground stations due to go into operation in 2008, is being launched by the European Union and the European Space Agency to tap into a growing market of global satellite positioning.

China last month became a partner in the Galileo program, which could help provide services such as communications for the 2008 Beijing Olympics but also has applications for strategic military use.

According to a leaked US Air Force document written in August and obtained by The Business, Peter Teets, under-secretary of the US Air Force wrote: "What will we do 10 years from now when American lives are put at risk because an adversary chooses to leverage the global positioning system of perhaps the Galileo constellation to attack American forces with precision?"

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Damn I hate it when I raed science fiction that is quickly becoming

fact, or fora that matter when I write science fiction that is becoming... yuio guessed it, fact

[aquart]

2. Why the assumption that China will be hostile? And not Europe?

[scarletwoman]

3. Ah. Good ol' "Full Spectrum Dominance"...

Who's going to stop the biggest baddest rogue state on the planet? I hate what my country has become.

Sometimes I regret that I ever had children -- what kind of horrible world are they inheriting? :cry:

sw

[Maple]

4. Well China could

return the favor too, so I think that would be a stand-off.