Austin Improv

Chinese missile destroys satellite in space

And America's real underbelly is exposed. Take out a few GPS satellites and our long range missiles, our fighter planes, our tracking and targeting systems aren't worth the silicon used to make their processing chips. Space-based weaponry and defensive systems are the wave of the future. Invest now!

GPS satellites are about 12,500 miles from Earth, while the satellite China destroyed was only about 500 miles away. So I think they're safe for the moment. Our spy satellites, on the other hand, are vulnerable. So we'll still be able to use our GPS-guided missiles to hit sites with pinpoint accuracy, if we don't mind the small inconvenience of not actually knowing what we're shooting at.