I did a little bit of research this morning to clear up my personal confusion over the Chinese anti-satelitte test (ASAT), where in China destroyed an aging weather satelitte. While initially we reported that the satelitte was shot down with a laser, subsequent reports have repeatedly called the satelitte destroyer a ballistic missile. One of my main points of confusion is that Chinese anti-satelitte laser capabilities have been previously suspected by the US intelligence community and from strategypage.com. It is suspected that during the Fall of 2006 China used a laser to 'illuminate' a US military satelitte.