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The final McMahon Line

In the ’50s, Chairman Mao Zedong complained that China could not even shoot a potato into space. Hu Jintao’s China has come some distance since then: on September 27 a Chinese astronaut went outside his vessel to walk in space, China becoming in the process only the third country in the world t ....Read more

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India is not behind ChinaBy: Abhishek Dwivedi | Wednesday , 1 Oct '08 15:55:43 PM Reply | Forward NASA, ESA and ISRO protested China's targeting of a satellite not because of fears of a new military threat, but because the debris generated by the blast can collide and damage other satellites. ISRO's chief Mr. G Madhavan Nair has publicly stated that India too can easily replicate China's test, but it chooses not to be irresponsible. India is actually ahead of China and even Russia in the field of remote sensing satellites, which can also be used for espionage. China is often forced to rely on foreign nations for remote sensing data. Another area which India is actively pursuing is hypersonic vehicles, of which ISRO has already conducted a successful ground test. So, it would still be premature to write-off India in the military use of space, compared to China.

The final McMahon LineBy: S Kiran | Tuesday , 30 Sep '08 10:07:38 AM Reply | Forward Thanks Mr. Lele, a nice writeup.

space technologyBy: nike | Tuesday , 30 Sep '08 7:37:44 AM Reply | Forward Deeds not words !

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