Gates said that the operation was a success and that the achievement of shooting down the satellite spoke for the missile defense system by the United States works. However, he said that the United States was prepared to share some of it with the nation of China. The reason for the operation was that the fuel tank of the satellite was considered to be toxic.
Earlier, China had expressed concerns that the missile strike could be a danger to security in outer space.
Marine General Cartwright said that there was a strong chance that the fuel tank of the satellite had been hit. However, he was not one-hundred percent sure. He would say to reporters that it was indicated that the fuel tank was hit when there was a ball of fire followed up with a cloud of vapor.
But, it would take at least a day or two to give confirmations if the US was successful or not.
“I think the question over whether this capability words has been settled,” Gates said.
He added: “The question is what kind of threat, how large a threat, how sophisticated a threat [the US faces.]”
China had requested more information about the operation to shoot down the disabled satellite.
While the US insisted that the satellite needed to be shot down, Russia thinks that it was a cover-up and that the real agenda was to test anti-satellite technology because of an anti-satellite test carried out in China the previous year.
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