Chinese Cruise Missles

tphuang said:

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I guess chinese planes have to use gps for now, but galileo is definitely a more advanced technology than gps. This is according to my friend who is doing his PHD in EE.

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Galileo is not even up yet and its more of a European venture. China will just be a customer.



What is Galileo?


Galileo will be Europe’s own global navigation satellite system, providing a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service under civilian control. It will be inter-operable with GPS and GLONASS, the two other global satellite navigation systems.


The US told Europe that it reserves the right to shoot those satellites down if it were ever use against it.

I don't believe galileo sats would ever be shot down by US. Rather, the whole network would be temporarily shut down on US's request, of course with US paying EU for the financial losses brought by that shut down. Anything else would just put huge strain on US-EU relationship, which is not wanted on any side of the atlantic.

If you ask me, the whole deal on relying solely on GPS of any kind, be that for US military, chinese or any other, is just a bit too risky in a true global war scenario. Sure, against iraq or the like it's possible, but against a country with real asat capability (im talking near future here) i'd suggest having a secondary guidance system. Not that US or china are relying solely on gps, of course.

Does China have anything in the range of the Tomahawk?

Chairman Hu said:

Does China have anything in the range of the Tomahawk?

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Cruise missile? Nope, not to my knowledge. Not even close. I guess that tiny turbofan engine is the main problem for chinese.

gallieo is not just a european venture. chinha partakes in some of its reaserch, and has been generous to foot a fifth of the production cost.

now, lets not forget, in the years 08 or 2010, the u.s's position to make the the e.u shut down gallileo might not be enough to make the e.u turn on china.
the u.s cant just say they can shoot down anyones sattelites. the eu should tall that to the u.s's face. let the u.s shoot them down, then china can use glonass or beidou to win the war, and china and the e.u will be pissed at the u.s afterwards.

Chairman Hu said:

Does China have anything in the range of the Tomahawk?

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well, they have the new cruise missle, but its actuall stats are unclear.

Great... a great big d@mn mystery...

Btw, how much of "it" does China have, and what can they be wield with?

or w/e or h/e you say it

BEIDU?!?!
that thing is a complete failure, it can't provide gobal 24/7 coverage like the GPS...

beidou is not a failure. it can provide regional coverage for the east asia area, will suffice for now. now if the chinese can make it operable with glonass, it will a good positioning system. remeber, its just a backup to gallileo

Beidou, can only provide coverage on one fixed position due to its geostationary orbit; if they wanted to change the coverage, they can, but the thruster fuel will be used out more quickly; the only reason why i see Beidou as an advantage to the others (GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo) is that you don't need as many satellites, nevertheless the coverage will still not be gobal compared tot he the others

http://beidou-navigation-system.area51.ipupdater.com/

China already has three BeiDou satellites in orbit, but they cannot provide the three-dimensional (3-D) precision location inherent in GPS and GLONASS. More satellites are planned for the constellation, which will add this and other capabilities.

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