Posted on 02/19/2008 8:54:22 AM PST by fireforeffect
The US military has issued a warning notice barring flights above a large area of the northern Pacific for two and a half hours early on Thursday morning. The stricken spy satellite marked for destruction by US warships will pass over the taped-off area just at this time, indicating that the first shot will take place then.
The NOTAM (NOTice To AirMen) warning reads:
02/062 (A0038/08) - AIRSPACE CARF NR. 90 ON EVELYN STATIONARY RESERVATION WITHIN AN AREA BNDD BY 3145N 17012W 2824N 16642W 2352N 16317W 1909N 16129W 1241N 16129W 1239N 16532W 1842N 17057W 2031N 17230W 2703N 17206W SFC-UNL. 21 FEB 02:30 2008 UNTIL 21 FEB 05:00 2008. CREATED: 18 FEB 12:51 2008
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Shoot the sucker down any place they want to. Who cares what the enemies of this country say?
We have overcast and rain drats.
I hope they get some good videos..........
I don’t disagree with your view. However, all nations follow rocket firing protocols, and they announce to all ships at sea that they are test firing a rocket or missile, and they set up shipping exclusion zones.
You all in Hawaii break out the cameras. Just got the google earth tmz file to load.
A miss on this will make us a laughingstock and harm our image globally in a number of ways, and the repercussions of the journalism that follows alone will erode our esteem. I hope to god we’re not setting ourselves up here ...
You probably shouldn't be allowed to shoot a gun unsupervised.
How can anyone doubt the greatest military on the planet?
As was pointed out on Fox and Friends this morning, a miss should shut up Russia regarding the ABMs being set up in Eastern Europe.
Could they shoot it down over Berkeley and let the remnants fall where they may?
I can't imagine how anyone who has ever been a member of said military, or who has ever worked closely and extensively with it, could not feel at least a little trepidation about the upcoming exercise ...
On the one hand, the Navy seems awfully confident. And it ain't bragging if you can back it up.
On the other hand ... I'll feel a lot better after the thing has been blasted.
Our morale and self-esteem are not so flimsy that a miss matters. Practice makes perfect.
It's pretty bold, but that doesn't imply that it's equally risky.
In the first place, the spy-sat doesn't work, and everyone knows it.
I don't think anyone questions our ability to launch spy-sats because of that.
So at the high-levels of Chinese, Russian, etc military, I think this is just another test/demo of one element of one system (Raytheon vs. Boeing vs. Lockheed , NMD in alaska, PAC-3, THAAD etc).
Obviously, on a public PR and perhaps funding level, it's a whole different story.
But what about funding? If we miss, won't the brass just argue for more development on different systems, etc etc?
If they hit it, might some senators say "aha, we don't need more research?" I dunno. Interesting times.
Agreed. There's a bunch of unpredictable outcomes. Cool!
That, plus the total lunar eclipse Wednesday night should make a memorable display.
Good hunting, swabbies!
Hit, and the MSM will blather endlessly (but not so loudly) about how the never-to-be-sufficiently-damned BOOOOOoooosh is an aggressive "cowboy", threatening the poor defenseless Russians (or somebody) with destabilization, and recklessly risking global thermonuclar war.
Of the two, I'd prefer the latter.
It’s a roughly oval area just to the NW of Maui. Should be a good show.
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