WASHINGTON — A missile interceptor launched from a Navy warship has struck a dying American spy satellite orbiting 130 miles over the Pacific Ocean, the Pentagon announced late Wednesday.
Officials cautioned that while early information indicated that the interceptor’s “kill vehicle” had hit the satellite, it would be 24 hours before it could be determined whether the fuel tank with 1,000 pounds of toxic hydrazine had been destroyed as planned.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Cool - Navy Shoots Down Satellite
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That's a message to China that we could cripple their space monitoring in a matter of minutes. Without their own satellite, the Chinese cannot shoot down our satellites, because their GPS wouldn't work anymore.
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