In the absence of a World working-class struggle against all capitalist imperialism, the growth of multilateral and independent power centers which effectively oppose the unchecked power of Anglo-American imperialism is certainly the next-best thing.
Not to mention that the Chinese have the proven ability -- enraging a fearful U.S. oligarchy -- to be able to target and blind, with a high-power laser, any U.S. spy satellite which peeks it eye-in-the-sky over their horizon. And one assumes that those lasers are turned down REAL low...
TAKE THAT ! it seems the west not only has lost control over globalisation processes, it is also fast losing its grip on orbital space. Note that Venezuela has recently launched the Simon Bolivar satellite with Chinese help. Both China and Russia maintain an extensive arsenal of anti-satellite missiles and the Russian Sukhoi 47 is capable of launching suborbital strikes against western orbiters. If WWIII breaks out, the first thing we will experience will not be the sight of a mushroom cloud on the far horizon, but a wave of telecom blackouts... snuff, snuff, snuff and then BOOM !
Iran launched a new rocket to carry a satellite into orbit on Sunday.
Experts said the launching represented a potentially significant if much-delayed step in Iran's efforts to join the international space club.
Safir-e Omid, or Ambassador of Peace, is part of Iran's long held goal of developing a space program.
Safir-e Omid is a satellite to monitor natural disasters in the earthquake-prone nation and improve its telecommunications. The satellite has also data processing capability.
Iran hopes to launch four more satellites by 2010, the government has said.
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-22/0808188803140547.htm
Not to mention that the Chinese have the proven ability -- enraging a fearful U.S. oligarchy -- to be able to target and blind, with a high-power laser, any U.S. spy satellite which peeks it eye-in-the-sky over their horizon. And one assumes that those lasers are turned down REAL low...
TAKE THAT ! it seems the west not only has lost control over globalisation processes, it is also fast losing its grip on orbital space. Note that Venezuela has recently launched the Simon Bolivar satellite with Chinese help. Both China and Russia maintain an extensive arsenal of anti-satellite missiles and the Russian Sukhoi 47 is capable of launching suborbital strikes against western orbiters. If WWIII breaks out, the first thing we will experience will not be the sight of a mushroom cloud on the far horizon, but a wave of telecom blackouts... snuff, snuff, snuff and then BOOM !
Iran launched a new rocket to carry a satellite into orbit on Sunday.
Experts said the launching represented a potentially significant if much-delayed step in Iran's efforts to join the international space club.
Safir-e Omid, or Ambassador of Peace, is part of Iran's long held goal of developing a space program.
Safir-e Omid is a satellite to monitor natural disasters in the earthquake-prone nation and improve its telecommunications. The satellite has also data processing capability.
Iran hopes to launch four more satellites by 2010, the government has said.
http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-22/0808188803140547.htm
