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US: Broken satellite will be shot down
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| 2/14/2008
| Lolita Baldor
Posted on 02/14/2008 12:09:48 PM PST by mojito
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This could be interesting.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:09:49 PM PST
by
mojito
To: mojito; magslinger
Are you watching China? All your satellites are belong to us.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:11:37 PM PST
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Checkmate Cruiser")
To: mojito
President Bush decided to fire a military missile to bring down a broken spy satellite because of the potential danger to people from rocket fuel it is carrying, officials said Thursday. B.S. It is a loud and clear message to China, in reply to their anti-satellite program.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:11:52 PM PST
by
SampleMan
(We are a free and industrious people, socialist nannies do not become us.)
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To: mojito
wouldn’t all the fuel burn up on re-entry. That would make a nice view coming back down to earth.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:12:26 PM PST
by
vin-one
(REMEMBER the WTC !!!!!!!!)
To: mojito
Hopefully they can hit it in fewer shots than threads.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:12:27 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
To: mojito
Hmmm. I didn’t think the SM3 had the range/intercept/blah blah.
I hope they don’t frikkin miss.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:13:33 PM PST
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: mojito
President Bush decided to fire a military missile to bring down a broken spy satellite... A missile!? Why is THAT necessary? Doesn't anyone understand, as Senators Feinstein and Schumer do, that a single .50 BMG round is more than enough for this task? Sheesh!
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:14:17 PM PST
by
Ancesthntr
(An ex-citizen of the Frederation trying to stop Monica's Ex-Boyfriend's Wife from becoming President)
To: mojito
This is great newz, cause this friggin thing was gonna land in my back yard, so I was really concerned about my hound dogs.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:16:06 PM PST
by
webschooner
(A Conservative voting for John McCain is like trying to pick up a turd by the clean end.)
To: RightWhale
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:17:47 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.)
To: mojito
As a guess, the satellite is more likely to be totally destroyed by the re-entry if is comes down in small pieces. The interception will make the destruction of highly classified technology much more likely. It will be decades before we find out just exactly what that satellite had on board that the Pentagon didn’t want anyone else to find out about. Something they didn’t want Russia of China to reverse engineer in the next few years, that is for sure.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:18:21 PM PST
by
the lone wolf
(Good Luck, and watch out for stobor.)
To: the lone wolf
Doesn’t matter. As soon as Hillery or Obama make it to the White House, they’ll sell the technology, cancel the program, and use the funds to pay incoming illegals. (This is not a particularly gross exaggeration.....)
To: SampleMan
B.S. It is a loud and clear message to China, in reply to their anti-satellite program. That, too ... but I think the primary concern is to ensure that payload chunks don't land intact within the borders of Russia or China.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:21:04 PM PST
by
r9etb
To: mojito
How do you “shoot down” something that is in orbit. The best you can do is smash it into a bazillion pieces. Newton made these things quite clear.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:21:18 PM PST
by
-YYZ-
(Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
To: mojito
It seems that, if done right, a successful intercept could ensure it lands in the ocean rather than on enemy soil.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:22:07 PM PST
by
Dilbert56
(Harry Reid, D-Nev.: "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war.")
To: F15Eagle
Good test of a Standard-3 but I cant help wondering if we dont still have the ASAT weapon. It worked wonderfully. If this works (and it probably will), it means that the Standard-3 is essentially an operational ASAT.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:22:08 PM PST
by
r9etb
To: neodad
Your post reminded me of something I recently saw up here on FR. In case you missed it, take a look to see the “nice” debris field China created with one of their ASAT tests. Makes me wonder how stuff still survives up there without turning into swiss cheese.
http://celestrak.com/events/asat.asp
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:22:59 PM PST
by
RedCell
(Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi)
To: the lone wolf
As a guess, the satellite is more likely to be totally destroyed by the re-entry if is comes down in small pieces. These "small pieces" will establish their own orbits, creating a nightmare for other orbiting bodies (like commercial communitication satellites.)
What will be the altitude of intercept?
To: mojito
Stupidest idea ever. Let’s just create the largest debris hazard we can for our astros in LEO, and then confine us to this planet.
Man, whoever decided to put politicians in charge of anything more complicated than a matchstick needs to be tarred and feathered...at the very least.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:25:20 PM PST
by
AntiKev
(Von nichts kommt nichts.)
To: F15Eagle
I recall we said the Standard could/would not be used in this way?
I guess they are reviewing the info now.
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posted on
02/14/2008 12:25:48 PM PST
by
colonialhk
(Harry and Nancy are our best moron allies)
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