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245			_aMotives and implications behind China's ASAT test / _cKevin Pollpeter
260			_c2007
520			_aon 11th January 2007 China's military conducted an anti-satellite missile test in which an aging weather satellite was destroyed at an altitude of 537 miles above the earth. This article identifies a number of questions raised by the event including international space cooperation, non military use of space, and the extent of political versus military power in China.
650			_aANTI SATELLITE MISSILES
650			_aCHINA _xBALLISTIC MISSILES
650			_aMILITARY USE OF SPACE
773			_aRUSI Newsbrief : _gVol 27 no 2, February 2007, pp.15-16
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