"HERE'S TO THE NAVY"
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. [history]
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......"
Tomorrow we will know the court date.
“It hit the satellite as the spacecraft traveled at more than 17,000 mph.”
Pfffttt......
Try shootin’ bluebills in December in Bemidji....
;-)
No, but I may have flown over them on my way to RVN!
"HERE'S TO THE NAVY"
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.
Reagan would be tossing Jelly Beans in the air right about now.
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.
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.
U.S.A.!!!
Maybe it looked something like this!?! ;-)
bump and YAY!
RiverVetNavy? I am humbled.
And who said kids playing with these would only amount to mischief or a waste of time...
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.
"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!
The cost could have been realised in 10 years if we let it go. Now maybe 30.
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