"HK" wrote in message
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BAR wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
This should be interesting.

The US has decided to shoot down a failed satellite that is expected
to drop
out of orbit in early March.
There is concern that half of the 5,000 lb satellite may remain
intact and
hit the earth in a yet unknown area.

The plan is to shoot it down before it enters the earth's atmosphere
with a
missile fired from a US Navy ship.

Details at 11.

The article stated that they have a "modified" missile they are going
to launch from a naval ship in the Pacific. The questions I have is
what altitude will the missile intercept the satellite and how long
have we been working on this "modified" missile?

I can't see us coming up with a "modified" missile, launched from a
surface vessel, in just a couple of months that is capable of
intercepting an object in space.

I believe this is an opportunity to flex our muscles.


Boys and their toys...

It's too bad we don't expend the same sort of energy on diplomacy.

How does diplomatically say don't fall on me to a falling satellite???