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The fact that the collision occurred over Siberia also makes this suspicious.

The location is not at all suspicious -- it's a simple matter of orbital mechanics.

These were two polar-orbiting satellites in different planes: it's precisely where you'd expect a collision to occur. (Or, equivalently, over Antarctica.)

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The location is not at all suspicious -- it's a simple matter of orbital mechanics.

Of course it is *IF* the Russians were somehow able to lower or raise their satellite's orbit. They *may* have selected this particular satellite (COSMOS 2215) precisely because its orbit could potentially intersect with the U.S. (Iridium) satellite's over Siberia where they could more easily monitor a collision (if the altitude was 'adjusted' just right). However, based on an excerpt I followed up with from the Space.com article, the Russian satellite was apparently 'non-maneuverable'. But I don't buy that quite yet.