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A number of US experts in the area of strategic arms based on

the information received from the US intelligence community

have announced that China is getting ready for the third

testing of its system of anti-satellite weapons. The first two

sets of testing were performed in 2007 and 2010 on the same

day January 11, which leads one to believe that this trend

will continue this time as well.

Third testing of Chinas anti-satellite

weapons?

It is not known what signs of the preparation for the testing have been

registered by the American intelligence. But according toVasily Kashin, an

expert at the Russian Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, the

fact of the existence in China of a program to develop anti-satellite weapons

raises no doubt.

In the course of 2007 testing, China managed to destroy at the altitude of

850 km its own meteorological satellite that had exceeded its service life.

The 2010 testing apparently did not result in any hitting of real targets , but

was aimed at launching an intercepting rocket to a reference point in the

orbit.

Vasily Kashin points out that one can presume that China used the

intercepting rocket KT-1 in both cases. The Chinese plan to use it both as a

component of the strateg ic anti-satellite defense system and as a weapon

against scouting enemy satellites in low orbits.

This time a different and more powerful system is involved. According to

previously published evaluations, American military specialists assume that

the project called DN-2 is meant for destroying sa tellites in high

geosta tionary orbits (about 20 000 km). The creation of such a system would

make China the only country in the world capable of success fully hitting

satellites of globa l positioning systems, such as the American GPS.

Taking into account the high dependence of the US Air Force, the Navy and

many systems of weapons guiding, on the GPS signal, targeting such a

system can become an effective way of neutra lizing the military superiority of

the USA.

Similar to the USA, Russia is developing its own anti-satellite de fense

programs that are related to the missile defense programs.

For example, it is anticipated that the new Russian rocket complex S-500 will

be capable of hitting targets in the near space. There is also resea rch work

being done in the area o f modern laser systems of sate llite defense.

According to Vasily Kashin, the Chinese system, if success fully tested, could

open a new chapter in the arms race in space and would require large scale

and expensive counter measures on the part of the US. It is obvious that it

would be necessa ry to increase the survivability and reliability of the existing

system of global positioning as we ll as develop methods and ways of

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