[servo1969]

I gotta tell ya, I’m more than a little skeptical about the whole ‘intercepted by missiles’ part of the story. I’ll happily admit I was wrong if it turns out to be true but I seriously doubt it happened that way. Not that I don’t think it could be done but I just find it suspect that there were missile batteries online and ready to fire instantaneously at an incoming meteor with no warning.

[pepsionice]

There is zero percent chance of any missile launch onto something like this. You’d have to know some kind of indicator of it coming in and be able to track. I seriously that could happen.

But it sounds good.

[SpaceBar]

You can put me in the highly skeptical column on the missile claim as well.

[Reaganite Republican]

The missile intercept story is quoted from ‘Russian military’ source in Russia Today, their biggest internet news site I think

It’s at the link, but not confirmed of course

[driftdiver]

Its much more likely the meteor exploded or broke apart due to the heat and violence of its entry into the atmosphere.

[sbMKE]

I think the worKing concept with NIKE was to explode the interceptor in the path of the missile and let the faster pRojectile run into the shock wave. Kind of like a spike strip in the sky to disable a racing “car.”

[MaxMax]

The core of the Meteor must have been steel to make it through the atmosphere.
If so then I doubt missiles would break it apart since hot soft steel resists breaking.

Lose Lose as far as meteors go, if you don't break it, it explodes. Mercy.