On Feb 14, 3:48*pm, 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.

This is technology we have had for a long time. Remember the three
HDD's that Chinese agent took from Alemeda with a slap on the wrist,
( remember the 3 million campaign contribution the Chinese military
gave Billary before their final presidential run)? China shot a
sattelite down a few months back probably with our technology, we just
want them to know we can do it too...

"BAR" wrote in message
news
Don White wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
...
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.

Ask the Chinese..they'll shoot down your garbage for you.

The Chinese are using our technology, which Bill Clinton illegally gave
them access to, Donny!


Yeah. That was bad. Almost as bad as the Reagan crew who sabotaged a
perfectly planned sting operation which would've stopped Pakistan from
illegally buying maraging steel for use in their nuclear weapon program.

Crazy presidents. They're such wise guys, ya know?

wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:53:52 -0500, HK wrote:

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.


Or learning how to set waypoints.



wrote:
The truth is you aren't doing anything with waypoints in MapSource
because you don't own MapSource. We all get that, Hairless. Go play in
traffic.





Here you go, crap-for-brains -

My copy of Mapsource showing some of my waypoints:


http://tinyurl.com/3x42zw


And here's a snap of my Garmin 4208:

http://tinyurl.com/37yfl7


snerk

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
news
Don White wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
...
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.
Ask the Chinese..they'll shoot down your garbage for you.
The Chinese are using our technology, which Bill Clinton illegally gave
them access to, Donny!


Yeah. That was bad. Almost as bad as the Reagan crew who sabotaged a
perfectly planned sting operation which would've stopped Pakistan from
illegally buying maraging steel for use in their nuclear weapon program.

Crazy presidents. They're such wise guys, ya know?



Geo-politics don't you love it. Just think what would have happened if
in 1812 we just said the hell with it, Britain you can have us back?

You have to do what is needed at the time to ensure your survival. You
can think 20 or 30 years in the future but what you do today may mean
you don't exist in 20 or 30 years.

BAR wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
news
Don White wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
...
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.
Ask the Chinese..they'll shoot down your garbage for you.
The Chinese are using our technology, which Bill Clinton illegally
gave them access to, Donny!


Yeah. That was bad. Almost as bad as the Reagan crew who sabotaged a
perfectly planned sting operation which would've stopped Pakistan from
illegally buying maraging steel for use in their nuclear weapon program.

Crazy presidents. They're such wise guys, ya know?


Geo-politics don't you love it. Just think what would have happened if
in 1812 we just said the hell with it, Britain you can have us back?

You have to do what is needed at the time to ensure your survival. You
can think 20 or 30 years in the future but what you do today may mean
you don't exist in 20 or 30 years.





This is based upon your many years of serving abroad with the Marine
Corps in dangerous situations, no doubt.

"BAR" wrote in message
. ..
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
news
Don White wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
...
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.
Ask the Chinese..they'll shoot down your garbage for you.
The Chinese are using our technology, which Bill Clinton illegally gave
them access to, Donny!


Yeah. That was bad. Almost as bad as the Reagan crew who sabotaged a
perfectly planned sting operation which would've stopped Pakistan from
illegally buying maraging steel for use in their nuclear weapon program.

Crazy presidents. They're such wise guys, ya know?

Geo-politics don't you love it. Just think what would have happened if in
1812 we just said the hell with it, Britain you can have us back?

You have to do what is needed at the time to ensure your survival. You can
think 20 or 30 years in the future but what you do today may mean you
don't exist in 20 or 30 years.


True sometimes, except that in the situation I mentioned, our survival was
threatened in no way. We were publicly scolding Pakistan, saying we
"suspected" they were making nuclear weapons. Privately, Reagan was helping
them build those weapons, while wasting years of intelligence gathering by
NSA & CIA. We could've stopped A.Q. Kahn in the early 1980s, before he sold
technology to Iran & Libya.

Hey...that sounds familiar.

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:16:38 -0500, "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.

Apparently it's some version of the missile that has a 11 out of 13
success rate in testing.

Love to watch the shot - that ought to be fun to watch.

They are going to shoot it down right before it enters the atmosphere.

On Feb 14, 5:35*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:16:38 -0500, "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.

Apparently it's some version of the missile that has a 11 out of 13
success rate in testing.

Love to watch the shot - that ought to be fun to watch. *

They are going to shoot it down right before it enters the atmosphere.

So, where are they gonna' "set" it down? Did you tell them yet? Do you
have a good place to watch from? You know, if you have em' bust it
right over your house, it would probably land on Harrys' LTP...

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
news Don White wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
...
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.
Ask the Chinese..they'll shoot down your garbage for you.
The Chinese are using our technology, which Bill Clinton illegally
gave them access to, Donny!


Yeah. That was bad. Almost as bad as the Reagan crew who sabotaged a
perfectly planned sting operation which would've stopped Pakistan
from illegally buying maraging steel for use in their nuclear weapon
program.

Crazy presidents. They're such wise guys, ya know?


Geo-politics don't you love it. Just think what would have happened if
in 1812 we just said the hell with it, Britain you can have us back?

You have to do what is needed at the time to ensure your survival. You
can think 20 or 30 years in the future but what you do today may mean
you don't exist in 20 or 30 years.





This is based upon your many years of serving abroad with the Marine
Corps in dangerous situations, no doubt.

No Harry, I actually only served as a reservist and was never sent
overseas. However, all they had to do was call and I was ready to drag
my sea bag out the door and go!

Do you see how easy it it to tell the truth Harry? There are no lies in
my statements above. My military service is what it is and I don't need
to puff it up to make me feel good and impress others.

"Don White" wrote in message
...

"BAR" wrote in message
...
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.

Ask the Chinese..they'll shoot down your garbage for you.


I hope you're not using the US satellites for your GPS.