buddy, I do remember distinctly that some signal was being relayed by the satellite to the missile guidance, and it was used to determine the success of the test, according to a write up about it.. whether it was used to home in was speculative, but likely.. Chinese media being so closed, most of the information is speculative about the test..
I'm very highly educated in fields related to technology and science, probably more so than you, I'm saying probably as I don't know your exact academic qualifications, if you could elaborate on that I could happily revise my opinion regarding the matter..
pray tell me, what did the test benefit to the Chinese or any other human on the planet, apart from tell us what we already know, that any LEO satellite can potentially be targeted by any country with a slightly advanced missile development.. but long range missiles are meant for stationary targets and have an error margin greater than the cross sectional area of any satellite.. if you had any basic knowledge of physics, you would realize that targeting that size of cross section at that velocity will have a wide margin of error, if unaided by a feedback signal..
was just done to create a talking point, and going by the discussion in threads like these, it is mission accomplished for the Chinese..
congratulations! !
please let me know when China can target any satellite in any orbit belonging to any other country successfully, I'm sure it'll not happen in my lifetime, but please feel free to educate me when it does.. LOL