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Offline texasmom

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Pentagon told to shoot down satellite
« on: February 14, 2008, 03:47:23 PM »
Interesting!!! Made me think of a B-movie when I saw this.
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-to-shoot-down-broken-spy-satellite/20080214122809990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001



US to Shoot Down Broken Spy Satellite
AP
Posted: 2008-02-14 16:30:14
Filed Under: Nation News
WASHINGTON (Feb. 14) - President Bush decided to make a first-of-its-kind attempt to use a missile to bring down a broken U.S. spy satellite because of the potential danger to people from its rocket fuel, officials said Thursday.

Deputy National Security Adviser James Jeffries, briefing reporters at the Pentagon, did not say when the attempted intercept would be conducted, but the satellite is expected to hit Earth during the first week of March.

"This is all about trying to reduce the danger to human beings," Jeffries said.

Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at the same briefing that the "window of opportunity" for such a shootdown, presumably to be launched from a Navy ship, will open in the next three or four days and last for seven or eight days. He did not say whether the Pentagon has decided on an exact launch date....
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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2008, 03:52:14 PM »
If its successful, it would be an excellent source of data to use on future weapons
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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2008, 03:58:55 PM »
sounds to me like a message for the chinese.
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Re: Pentagon told to shoot down satellite
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2008, 04:11:08 PM »
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"This is all about trying to reduce the danger to human beings," Jeffries said.


lol, its a simple satellite! ..wait, maybe not...

maybe time for a new topic called "a satellite nuclear thread" *g*
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« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2008, 04:16:49 PM »
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sounds to me like a message for the chinese.


Actually the Chinese already shot down a satellite, they did it a year or two ago. They also blinded one of our satellites using a earth based laser around the same time line.

As for shooting it down, I think it has more to do with the info and technology on the satellite rather than dangerous fuels. I think the fuel is just used as a public excuse. JMHO..
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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2008, 04:18:54 PM »
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Actually the Chinese already shot down a satellite, they did it a year or two ago. I think it has more to do with the info and technology on the satellite rather than dangerous fuels.


i know.  it may be our way of saying..."well yah, that was nice...but look at this."

but then, they did theirs with "freekin laser beams" didn't they?
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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2008, 04:22:11 PM »
....and what are they planning to do with all debre left in space?  IIRC US was *****ing at China for shooting down their weather satellite....
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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2008, 04:30:21 PM »
I smell a chance to test that fancy new RAILGUN ;)
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« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2008, 04:33:04 PM »
Fuel or classified tech?  Better not make a mess up there..
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« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2008, 04:36:46 PM »
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sounds to me like a message for the chinese.


Yeah... because the Chinese have no sense of history.

The U.S. has done this before. So has Russia. It's practically routine.
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« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2008, 04:44:40 PM »
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Yeah... because the Chinese have no sense of history.

The U.S. has done this before. So has Russia. It's practically routine.




i did not know that.
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Offline Raptor

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« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2008, 04:48:00 PM »
I remember reading about an F-15 shooting down a satellite before
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« Reply #12 on: February 14, 2008, 04:51:28 PM »
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Actually the Chinese already shot down a satellite, they did it a year or two ago. They also blinded one of our satellites using a earth based laser around the same time line.


yeah yeah , the chinese are 30 years ahead of the US in space stuff, or was that the russians that are 30 years ahead.
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« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2008, 04:53:21 PM »
I wonder if the explosion will be visible from the ground.
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« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2008, 04:58:12 PM »
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