Military says missile hit spy satellite

Military says missile hit spy satellite

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WASHINGTON - 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.

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Apparently the missle hit its target. However... "Officials said it might take a day or longer to know for sure if the toxic fuel was blown up."
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And in case anyone was wondering, the total cost for this operation was $74 million.
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[edit on 2008/2/20 by evilod]

[edit on 2008/2/20 by evilod]

Originally posted by evilod


Apparently the missle hit its target.

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Apparently I was 5 minutes faster.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Ahhh, I gotta hand it to ya, you're quick.

...and my very first post is a dud. Oh well.

Anybody else find it odd that they chose to shoot the satellite down when every amateur astronomer and piece of equipment/telescope had their eyes trained on the lunar eclipse?


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oops

Already posted here: www.abovetopsecret.com...

Please add your thoughts to the existing thread.
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[edit on 2/20/2008 by Gools]