This makes no sense. The reason the Navy is shooting the satellite it outer space is so the fuel is released there, where it does not pose a hazard, the satellite is blown into bits, most of which will disintegrate (’burn up’) coming through the stratosphere and atmosphere. There is still a possibility of fragments getting thru, emergency responders should be aware of that, but not the whole fuel tank, intact, hitting earth.
Unless they are implying that there’s a possibility our military will fail to hit the satellite? Pretty embarrassing for us, if so. Missile Defense is calculated in seconds, this is a sitting duck target compared to taking out an incoming ICBM.
Or am I not understanding something?
A HIT ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973768/posts
Reports are they smacked it tonight , rough seas or not.
There was always a possibility they could miss it. The remnants should fall well short of landfall.
Missile defense-wise, this is not a fair test per se..