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Navy Missile Hits Spy Satellite
AP via Drudge Report ^
| February 20, 2008 10:53 PM US/Eastern
| By ROBERT BURNS
Posted on 02/20/2008 7:51:05 PM PST by TexasBeth
Edited on 02/20/2008 8:10:37 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A missile launched from a Navy ship successfully struck a dying U.S. spy satellite passing 130 miles over the Pacific on Wednesday, a defense official said. Full details were not immediately available.
It happened just after 10:30 p.m. EST.
Two officials said the missile was launched successfully. One official, who is close to the process, said it hit the target. He said details on the results were not immediately known.
The goal in this first-of-its-kind mission for the Navy was not just to hit the satellite but to obliterate a tank aboard the spacecraft carrying 1,000 pounds of a toxic fuel called hydrazine.
U.S. officials have said the fuel would pose a potential health hazard to humans if it landed in a populated area. Although the odds of that were small even if the Pentagon had chosen not to try to shoot down the satellite, it was determined that it was worth trying to eliminate even that small chance.
Officials said it might take a day or longer to know for sure if the toxic fuel was blown up......"
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aegis; boom; chinaterrified; dod; missiledefense; nmd; satellite; sdi; space; starwars; thenavy; usn
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To: BIGLOOK
Tomorrow we will know the court date.
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posted on
02/20/2008 8:36:12 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
To: NormsRevenge
“It hit the satellite as the spacecraft traveled at more than 17,000 mph.”
Pfffttt......
Try shootin’ bluebills in December in Bemidji....
;-)
142
posted on
02/20/2008 8:36:57 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.)
To: eyedigress
No, but I may have flown over them on my way to RVN!
143
posted on
02/20/2008 8:37:05 PM PST
by
clintonh8r
(An Obomanation would be an abomination.)
To: MaxMax
"HERE'S TO THE NAVY"
To: RDTF
This goes along with Berlin Wall coming down (Libs say never could happen)
Soviet Union Collapse (Libs say never could happen)
Iraqi Surge Sucess.(Libs say never could happen)
Now lets see Global Warming take the big nap as well as all the idiots who support it.
To: TexasBeth
did it begin with an ape and a bone? du du du dU DU DU DU DU DADU, domdom domdom domdom domdom...
146
posted on
02/20/2008 8:39:20 PM PST
by
Tulsa Ramjet
("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
To: stockstrader
Reagan would be tossing Jelly Beans in the air right about now.
147
posted on
02/20/2008 8:39:32 PM PST
by
MaxMax
(I need a life after politics)
To: icwhatudo
I had that same professor. Several times. I just wrote down everything they said and barfed it back to them come exam time. No problem. Magna cum laude. They think they are so clever. And they think you are clever, too, if you can manage to be an accurate recording and replaying device.
148
posted on
02/20/2008 8:40:37 PM PST
by
3AngelaD
(They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
To: night reader
Of course it counts. A friend of mine spent some time there doing “Splash” detection and it seemed like a neat job. We worked together on the Nellis AFR.
To: stockstrader
Unlike Obama-Momma,,,,, once again I am VERY PROUD of my country and its technical ability!!!!U.S.A.!!!
150
posted on
02/20/2008 8:41:11 PM PST
by
GVnana
("They're still analyzing the first guy. What do I have to worry about?" - GWB)
To: stockstrader
Attaboy, Navy. I will sleep better tonight knowing every foreign dictator is put on notice about ever trying to nuke us. But how much did this show of strength cost the American taxpayer? It would have been cheaper to hire a bunch of ambulance chasers to pay off the Bangladeshis when it landed on their chicken coop.
To: stickman20089
...a moving quarter at that
Yep. I should have included that.
Unbeliable !!!! WooHooo!!!!
To: stickman20089
...a moving quarter at that
Yep. I should have included that.
Unbelievable !!!! WooHooo!!!!
To: therut
Maybe it looked something like this!?! ;-)
154
posted on
02/20/2008 8:42:40 PM PST
by
The Chief
(Unfortunately Hillery Clinton is my Senator, making DAMN SURE she DOESN"T become President!)
To: my_pointy_head_is_sharp
155
posted on
02/20/2008 8:45:07 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: clintonh8r
RiverVetNavy? I am humbled.
To: skr
And who said kids playing with these would only amount to mischief or a waste of time...
157
posted on
02/20/2008 8:49:36 PM PST
by
Tulsa Ramjet
("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
To: crusty old prospector
But how much did this show of strength cost the American taxpayer?10 million. Not much more than a Super Bowl commercial will cost in five years, and well worth the PR and message it sends to our enemies.
158
posted on
02/20/2008 8:50:48 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: Perdogg
"
The reporter for ABC Radio emphasized the cost of the missile strike, he was pissed and I luv it!"
Since they were prepared to use up to 3 of those $10 million missiles and hit it the first time, using my ex-wife's logic... it was a 20 million dollar bargain/sale and worth every penny!
To: crusty old prospector
The cost could have been realised in 10 years if we let it go. Now maybe 30.
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