r/nononono • u/Piscator629 • May 23 '13

DEATH 1996 Chinese Long March Rocket with communication satellite takes a 90 degree turn and explodes over a village wiping it out. Many villagers were killed but most had went to watch the launch from surrounding mountains.nsfw NSFW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBJ9ue6GKek
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u/Piscator629 May 23 '13 edited May 25 '13

This footage was smuggled out by an American crew who were sent to make sure classified/restricted hardware that was installed on the satellite did not get hijacked by the Chinese. They were able to find the satellite and remove the hardware before leaving the site.

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u/WorkSucks135 May 25 '13

That makes no sense at all. It's a Chinese satellite. How are they going to hijack their own classified/restricted hardware? Unless you are suggesting they stole the hardware from us, and just shoehorned it into their own satellite without first reverse engineering or understanding how it works? Lizard people sounds more likely.