作者：卡特琳哈灵顿

    美国政府在1月18日确认中国用了一枚反卫星（ASAT）火箭在一次武器测试中摧毁一颗报废的气象卫星，已经散布碎片在低地球轨道范围上并且重新引发在空间武器化上的争论。

    澳大利亚、加拿大和美国在1月11日已经正式地表达他们的对“风云”（Feng Yun）1C（FY-1C）卫星摧毁的关心和更多的国家-包括日本、韩国和英国-被预期后继，一位布什政府官员在1月18日告诉简氏。

    国家安全会议发言人戈登·约翰德罗说“美国相信中国发展和测试如此的武器对两个国家热望在民用空间范围中的合作精神不协调，”。“我们和其他的国家已经对中国这一个行为表达我们的关心”。

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China ASAT test rekindles weapons debate

By Caitlin Harrington

The US government confirmed on 18 January that China used an anti-satellite (ASAT) rocket to destroy an obsolete weather satellite in a weapons test that has scattered debris in the low earth orbital field and re-ignited the debate on the weaponisation of space.

Australia, Canada and the US have formally expressed their concern about the destruction of the Feng Yun 1C (FY-1C) satellite on 11 January and more countries - including Japan, South Korea and the UK - are expected to follow, a Bush administration official told Jane's on 18 January.

"The US believes China's development and testing of such weapons is inconsistent with the spirit of co-operation that both countries aspire to in the civil space area," National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said. "We and other countries have expressed our concern regarding this action to the Chinese.”

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