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Navy waits for satellite kill shot (10:30 p.m. ET)
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Posted on 02/20/2008 9:07:08 AM PST by maquiladora
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To: Mikey
Wouldn't it make more sense to launch the shuttle with some kind of missile on board and take it out while in space then to wait for good weather and shoot it down from the surface?NASA has a peace policy......really...Lots of peaceniks at that place that have no use for the military.
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posted on
02/20/2008 9:40:33 AM PST
by
cbkaty
(I may not always post...but I am always here......)
To: Mikey
The plan is to hit a tank on the satellite carrying the toxic propellant hydrazine This tank is 40 inches diameter. Hitting that would be remarkable.
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posted on
02/20/2008 9:40:55 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
To: neodad
Green water over the flight deck?
LAUNCH AIRCRAFT!
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posted on
02/20/2008 9:49:27 AM PST
by
magslinger
(cranky right-winger)
To: maquiladora
Missle misses. Explodes upon re-entry, leaving a trail of baked lasagna and missle parts across two oceans.
To: RightWhale
Hitting that would be remarkable.Yes, it would! That would make quite a statement, wouldn't it?
This is essentially another test mission, so I'm not surprised they're waiting for optimum conditions.
To: maquiladora
this might be a really stupid question since, i believe, the USS Lake Erie is stationed in the middle east, but would this takedown be visible in the states?
i'm planning to stay up to watch the lunar eclipse and viewing this would be icing on the cake.
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:09:06 AM PST
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: robomatik
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:12:24 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
To: RightWhale
If we do this it’s going to create a lot of upset folks around the world!
Will be fun to read the KOS and DU sites if this works!
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:18:34 AM PST
by
NoLibZone
(If the Clinton years were so great, why is Osama doing so well?)
To: RightWhale
i guess i’ll have to be content with the lunar eclipse.
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:21:32 AM PST
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: maquiladora
"Navy gunners in the Pacific were watching the sea and sky Wednesday..."
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:21:41 AM PST
by
GATOR NAVY
(Your parents will all receive phone calls instructing them to love you less now.)
To: NoLibZone
It’s the full moon, too, which means there are already a lot of people growing claws and teeth and showing a lot of white eye.
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:21:59 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
To: EagleUSA
A couple days ago someone in this program mentioned the reverse engineering issues if intact pieces landed where they shouldn’t. The idiot infobabe — on MSNBC, I think — was shocked and asked, “You mean other countries could find parts of it and copy them for themselves!?!” (not verbatim, but close) Well DUH!
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:24:39 AM PST
by
MayflowerMadam
("People, my foot! They're Democrats!" (from The Day The Earth Stood Still))
To: NoLibZone
I’m sure KOS and DU will say either
a. It missed and the satellite actually blew up when it hit the atmosphere.
or
b. The missile was just cover for our ‘killer satellites’ that are in violation of some treaty.
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:27:33 AM PST
by
Hazcat
(We won an immigration BATTLE, the WAR is not over. Be ever vigilant.)
To: maquiladora
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:33:45 AM PST
by
GOPJ
(Rig satellites with small explosives - save $10 to $15 million...)
To: GATOR NAVY
"Did you see that mother EXPLODE?!!"
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:34:58 AM PST
by
Dumpster Baby
(Eschew obfuscation)
To: robomatik
the USS Lake Erie is stationed in the middle east Middle east Pacific? No, middle west Pacific.
Also, the missile doesn't carry an explosive warhead and the missile's contrail will be far to the west of Hawaii.
But if it turns out it makes a great show for someone, that's fine by me!
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:35:08 AM PST
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurtureā¢)
To: ModelBreaker
I think that nuke (plutonium?) on board and ASAT test are the two most plausible justifications.
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:36:06 AM PST
by
Atlas Sneezed
(I wish my old tagline could have defeated even more RINOs than it did.)
To: maquiladora
I had assumed that USAF would do the shooting with an ASAT. The fact that the Navy is doing.....from the surface!... with a Super Standard is just awesome.
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:36:45 AM PST
by
DesScorp
To: EagleUSA
Chung you can believe in?
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:37:22 AM PST
by
OESY
To: maquiladora
I hope they do this the first time, I really do.
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posted on
02/20/2008 10:37:23 AM PST
by
The Mayor
(The purpose of prayer is not to get what we want, but to become what God wants.)
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