A live-fire launch of a Chinese hypersonic missile Credit: China Military
Posted on 03/13/2023 9:56:45 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
CHINA used green lasers fired from satellites to gather intelligence for a surprise hypersonic missile attack on Hawaii, it has been warned.
The satellite was recorded flashing lasers for a fraction of a second by a livestream camera attached to a telescope on top of a mountain on one of the islands.
A live-fire launch of a Chinese hypersonic missile Credit: China Military
Initially the lights were thought to come from a NASA satellite before it was finally established it was a Chinese pollution monitoring satellite the Daqi-1.
But questions immediately began to be raised about why the Chinese would feel it necessary to monitor pollution in Hawaii, given the large US military presence there.
And it comes just weeks after China flew a giant balloon over the US - which was widely understood to be a spy tool even as Beijing claimed it was a civilian weather airship.
Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii remains vital for the United States military and the presence of the satellite comes amid increased tensions between the US and China.
It’s currently home to Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickham, a joint US Navy and Air Force facility that’s headquarters to both the United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Air Forces.
Japan’s attack on the US Navy on December 7, 1941 marked America’s entry into the Second World War.
Experts are warning the Chinese activity could pave the way for a repeat surprise attack on the US.
Rick Fisher, an expert on China’s military at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, said the satellite is "a classic case of a Chinese dual use” of civilian technology that also serves military missions.
“The Daqi-1's lasers specifically monitor the density of the atmosphere and can detect different wind directions,” he told The Sun Online.
“This is precisely the data required for China to accurately target small multiple reentry vehicle nuclear warheads or more recent Hypersonic Glide Vehicle warheads.
“HGV warheads seek to exploit low trajectories that are also low altitude and thus are very vulnerable to adverse weather conditions, necessitating the weather data precision that would be available from laser measurements.”
He agrees Hawaii is at risk of another surprise attack, this time by the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
"Indeed there is an increasing Chinese threat to Hawaii but in a general war over Taiwan the PLA will also likely target US facilities in Japan, South Korea, Alaska and California," he said.
"Chinese weather satellites that use green lasers can assist the precise targeting of Hypersonic Glide Vehicle warheads that will be carried by air launched ballistic missiles launched by Xian H-6N bombers, that can be refuelled in order to reach Hawaii."
China has built up a huge arsenal of hypersonic missiles aimed at neutralising the power of the US Navy - dubbed 'carrier killers' - and attacking American facilities in the Pacific.
A livestream camera on top of a National Astronomical Observatory of Japan camera atop the Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea recorded the footage of the laser in late January.
Footage shows green beams dancing sweeping across the night sky.
“It’s a Chinese satellite that is measuring pollutants, among other things,” said Roy Gal, from the University of Hawaii Institute of Astronomy.
Immediately, questions began to be asked, including from former chief of staff of Marine Forces Pacific Ray L’Heureux.
“I’m not sure, and this is my opinion, why the Chinese, who are probably some of the most prolific polluters on the planet, would be collecting data on pollutants on this side of the Pacific," he said.
Tensions have flared between Washington and Beijing over the issue of Taiwan, which China believes is a breakaway province and not a sovereign nation.
Recently, there was a separate scandal over reports of Chinese spy balloons being shot down over the US.
Eerie pictures showed the gigantic Chinese spy balloon the size of three buses which was spotted lurking over the US.
Nicholas Eftimiades, a retired veteran US Department of Defense intelligence official and a visiting senior research fellow at King’s College London, has warned of China’s “whole of society” approach to espionage.
“I can give you a dozen reasons they would do it for scientific and environmental reasons and a dozen military applications,” he said,
“You use lasers to measure different levels of the upper and lower atmosphere. You can identify wind patterns and density layers.
“This has applications for many forms of aviation ranging from civil transport and hypersonic missiles.
“Use of lasers in the upper atmosphere helps to determine pollution levels and in the case of Hawaii, things like distribution of volcanic ash.
“Lasers hitting the ground are used to develop 3-D topographical maps.
“These maps are used to develop everything from geographically based apps to support cruise missiles and other forms of precision strike.”
Eftimiades said he believes there are questions that need to be answered about the Chiense activity.
“Was China doing this satellite based lazing across the Pacific before and after Hawaii?
“If not, we can probably rule out atmospheric testing for environmental purposes.
“Why would China care? What would be the scientific and environmental reasons China would care about the atmospheric conditions in Hawaii?”
China has invested a large amount of money in hypersonic missiles with one goal in mind – keeping the US at bay in the event of war.
Whether it’s aircraft carriers or the US air base on Guam, the Chinese military believes the missiles can give them an edge and have been described as “game changers” by Western experts.
They differ from ballistic missiles in that they comprise a rocket that flies to around 25 miles above the earth which then unleashes a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle.The detached HGV uses the Earth’s gravity to descend at speeds of up to 7700 mph.In contrast to ballistic missiles the HGV can be steered in flight making them a terrifying adversary and particularly dangerous to large warships such as aircraft carriers.
The Chinese launched two hypersonic nuclear missiles which circled the Earth and "defied the laws of physics" back in 2021. Its newest missile in actual service, the DF-17, became fully into operation at the beginning of January after first seen at a parade in Beijing in 2019.
According to the US military, it is accurate to within a few yards and is capable of “extreme maneuvers” and “evasive actions”.Its relatively low cost means the Chinese military can fire scores of them if a first attempt fails.
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Yeah but before that could happen Brandon would have to let a Chinese spy balloon 🎈 float over major U.S. military installations.....
Oh......wait.......
Oh, please.
China needs to bombed back to the 1940s and kept there.
“extreme maneuvers”
At Mach 10?
An EMP covering the US would be lethal without doing much collateral damage. 90 of Americans would be dead within 3-4 months and all the farmland would be untouched.
These “Experts” are clueless about technology. Missile targeting is done with infrared lasers, and a ‘curtain’ of lasers like that would only confuse them. Although if those ARE Chinese satellite lasers, I guess they could be using them like chaff to confuse us targeting them.
And “hypersonic” and “extreme maneuverability” are mutually exclusive unless they have somehow figured out a way to suspend the laws of physics.
With today’s US military, who knows.
But we should have a stockpile of EMP-Nukes that can take out all electronics in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen at a minimum.
Three Gorges dam as a nuke target too
It will be a very bad day for any non US Chinese in Hawaii , if China attacks Hawaii......
Am EMP that took out Manhattan (Wall Street) and perhaps a second EMP over Chicago Board of Trade.
Add in the port cities of Los Angeles, Houston and Miami.
Most Americans don’t have 3 days of food, I’ll wager.
The CCP isn’t “people-oriented.”
The DF-ZF glide vehicle, sent near a target by the DF-17 missile, is capable of good maneuverability at speed, because it’s a glide vehicle. The DF-17 is short range, though (a little over a thousand miles).
“90 of Americans would be dead within 3-4 months and all the farmland would be untouched.”
That may be true but that 10 percent that’s left would still kick their yellow bastards asses. Maybe thats how we rebuild our nation.
We need it destroyed first to get rid of the retard left.
A good barometer to monitor to see if the Chinese are planning to attack Hawaii would be the watch Chinese visitor levels to Hawaii versus historic data. The party keeps many secrets very close to the vest, but some of them tend to leak out no matter how hard they try to keep it secret.
Where have we heard that before?;-)
If China did defy the laws of physics, perhaps they stole/borrowed/back-engineered intellectual property from someone else.
Miscalculation. 85% of Americans obey without question as evidenced by taking a vaccine that doesn’t work. This is holocaust level obedience. Biden took trumps billions of vax dollars, expanded it to strip every vital institution of reasonable, rational thinkers that are not going to load the trains or turn up the church music.
And.. there is a distinct possibility they are building an army from the Southern border invasion.
You are right.
I think the 13th century would be better.
Yep, it would only take that many.
That’s right...about 3 days food. Idiots.
Mexico and Canada would also feel it to a lesser extent.
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