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To: RicocheT

But we only have two more of those anti-missile missiles according to what I heard on Fox. Or is that only two more on that ship? Surely we must have had more than three in our entire arsenal if we were willing to use one on a satellite.


35 posted on 02/20/2008 8:04:22 PM PST by epow (My God is the Great I Am, not the Great I Was)
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To: epow

Three missiles were modified to hit the target. Adjustments to the targeting parameters.
One missile per ship just in case.
Per Ronald Reagan, trust but verify X three.


42 posted on 02/20/2008 8:08:00 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Guns don't kill people, gun free zones kill people)
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To: epow
That kind of information is classified, the US military won’t tell us how many they got.
75 posted on 02/20/2008 8:24:23 PM PST by Prophet in the wilderness (PSALM .53 : 1 The FOOL hath said in his heart, there is no GOD.)
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To: epow
Alaska has a bunch of USAF ASAT interceptors on hand.
115 posted on 02/20/2008 8:50:01 PM PST by ASOC (Tagline free for months and still going (Oh, wait........))
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To: epow; SuziQ
I believe that three SM-3’s had their software altered to enable them to track a satellite still in orbit (relatively cold) rather than a warhead reentry vehicle (suborbital, and much hotter).

The USS Lake Erie has 122 missile launch tubes, each of which can store and launch an SM-3.

(Great shot, Navy. The US West Coast should rest easier tonight—from fear of our enemies, not space debris.)

158 posted on 02/20/2008 11:15:03 PM PST by SirKit (Truth is Precious---The Truth is of the Essence of God)
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