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To: mojito
President Bush decided to fire a military missile to bring down a broken spy satellite because of the potential danger to people from rocket fuel it is carrying, officials said Thursday.

B.S. It is a loud and clear message to China, in reply to their anti-satellite program.

3 posted on 02/14/2008 12:11:52 PM PST by SampleMan (We are a free and industrious people, socialist nannies do not become us.)
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To: SampleMan
B.S. It is a loud and clear message to China, in reply to their anti-satellite program.

That, too ... but I think the primary concern is to ensure that payload chunks don't land intact within the borders of Russia or China.

13 posted on 02/14/2008 12:21:04 PM PST by r9etb
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"B.S. It is a loud and clear message to China, in reply to their anti-satellite program."

Agreed. Or, they might be testing a new secret star wars type technology and using this as cover. Possibly both.

51 posted on 02/14/2008 1:06:27 PM PST by Desron13 (If you constantly vote between the lesser of two evils then evil is your ultimate destination.)
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