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SM-3 missile launch
What do you do when a spy satellite goes kerflooey and starts to fall back to Earth? Call in the U.S. Navy. That was what President Bush decided to do to take out said defunct satellite before it could crash-land, with the potential, the government says, of spewing a toxic fuel called hydrazine in a populated area.

At about 7:30 p.m. PST on Wednesday, the USS Lake Erie fired a single Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) that intercepted the satellite some 130 nautical miles above the Pacific Ocean--a relatively low altitude, the Pentagon said.

           

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*flex* i got the power to shoot it all downTheLaowai  | 02/26/08
And if that satellite had come crashing down in yourboxfiddler  | 02/26/08
people who live in glass housessteve.weber.ctr@...  | 02/27/08
Must feel threatenedslcjr1@...  | 02/27/08
Spacesfarhanj  | 02/29/08
Tech wars: The race is on but where is the finish?TheLaowai  | 02/27/08
No race, nothing newRocketEng  | 02/28/08
And bagged it on the first shot, not the third!steve.weber.ctr@...  | 02/28/08
Same Here!mackenziej@...  | 02/28/08
Why shoot it down?crysconjay  | 02/28/08
Hold on a sec...?mark.xm.sworn@...  | 03/03/08
Does the link really show...normhaga@...  | 03/12/08
New show of power?Oz_Media  | 02/28/08
Why is it only Americans at risk?mark.xm.sworn@...  | 03/03/08
You sound, pretty sure of that?Oz_Media  | 03/03/08
Big Dealrobertmro  | 02/29/08
here's your signsteve.weber.ctr@...  | 02/29/08
Cheaper this wayOz_Media  | 02/29/08
ActuallyMallardtooXX  | 02/29/08
What I understandJamesRL  | 02/29/08
Tell Me Somethingrobertmro  | 02/29/08
YeahOz_Media  | 02/29/08
He who pays the piper......JamesRL  | 02/29/08
BSmoorezb@...  | 03/08/08
Where Are You?robertmro  | 03/09/08
You misunderstand the point I was makingJamesRL  | 03/11/08
Hoorah bro.Forum Surfer  | 03/14/08
Hold Onrobertmro  | 03/15/08
"Shadow army"?Forum Surfer  | 03/15/08
Shadow Armyrobertmro  | 03/16/08
Don't Get Me Wrongrobertmro  | 02/29/08
US administration needs a good head slapron.dondelinger@...  | 03/13/08
Bravorobertmro  | 03/14/08
Is that why we are in Afganastan?DanLM  | 03/14/08
Our Oil?robertmro  | 03/15/08
so you don't think energy - read oil - is a national security issue?DanLM  | 03/15/08
Not Naive, Ethicalrobertmro  | 03/16/08
Bet you loved President Carter robertmroDanLM  | 03/16/08
Do Yourself A Favorrobertmro  | 03/17/08
re: Do Yourself A Favor - your funny robertmroDanLM  | 03/17/08
Something To Offerrobertmro  | 03/18/08
Gotta play devil's advocate on one point...Forum Surfer  | 03/18/08
Damn those advocatesron.dondelinger@...  | 03/19/08
@ mr ronForum Surfer  | 03/20/08
@ mr ronForum Surfer  | 03/20/08
@ mr ronForum Surfer  | 03/20/08
@Forum Surferron.dondelinger@...  | 03/20/08
Rhetorical question?mark.xm.sworn@...  | 03/03/08
Exactlyrobertmro  | 03/03/08
your allies/ friends already pay-pal.......yellow911@...  | 04/29/08
Lancing the fuelOz_Media  | 02/29/08
HelloStarrrgazerlily  | 03/03/08
Google is your friendNickNielsen  | 03/09/08
I guess I have missed somethingjardinier  | 03/09/08
No ideaNickNielsen  | 03/09/08
Two things for this forumcanopic@...  | 02/29/08
Blowhardsscott@...  | 03/07/08
"The US is still the best place in the world to live"jardinier  | 03/09/08
Now, JNickNielsen  | 03/09/08
I beg to differron.dondelinger@...  | 03/13/08
There's a fine line between vigilenceForum Surfer  | 03/13/08
Gov't admission of mistakes few and far betweenron.dondelinger@...  | 03/14/08
notice what I think of conspiricy people like youDanLM  | 03/14/08
Can I get an amen for Dan?Forum Surfer  | 03/14/08
We conspiracy theorists stand on that wall, so that YOU don't have toron.dondelinger@...  | 03/19/08
There's remaining vigilant...NickNielsen  | 03/14/08
Why is it...viztor  | 03/14/08
How Truerobertmro  | 03/08/08
To TheLaowai - But it was ok for your nation to have itsDanLM  | 03/09/08
True Alsorobertmro  | 03/10/08
If they didn't need to do it robertmro, I agreeDanLM  | 03/10/08
Holy cow!Forum Surfer  | 03/10/08
Bingo!NickNielsen  | 03/10/08
I find it amusing...Forum Surfer  | 03/12/08
Or...NickNielsen  | 03/12/08
again, from a nation that did it first. Id listen to you if you alsoDanLM  | 03/14/08
Is That Aimed At Me?robertmro  | 03/15/08
sorry robert, I posted in the wrong placeDanLM  | 03/15/08
No, Dan, you posted in the right placeNickNielsen  | 03/15/08
That's Nicerobertmro  | 03/16/08
Gosh, I'm sorry! :0NickNielsen  | 03/16/08
Apology Acceptedrobertmro  | 03/16/08
Rocking the boat: Did I mention that handguns should be banned?ron.dondelinger@...  | 03/19/08
There's rational thought there after all!NickNielsen  | 03/19/08
The moral: Don't tolerate intoleranceron.dondelinger@...  | 03/20/08
RE: (Photos: Missile shoots down falling satellite)wbock@...  | 02/29/08
RE: (Photos: Missile shoots down falling satellite)john.williams@...  | 02/29/08
Wow!viztor  | 02/29/08
Yeprobertmro  | 02/29/08
New Arms Racedodell@...  | 02/29/08
Not just ChinaOz_Media  | 02/29/08
Where would the satellite have hit if they had missed?afterhoursman@...  | 02/29/08
Wanna Bet?dodell@...  | 02/29/08
Not a good betjoseph.r.piazza@...  | 02/29/08
Bite your tongue!Oz_Media  | 02/29/08
It doesn't matterOz_Media  | 02/29/08
It's NEVER what it seems to be..........jmiller544@...  | 02/29/08
Another layer of deception?viztor  | 03/11/08
RE: (Photos: Missile shoots down falling satellite)jim.fuller@...  | 02/29/08
Go Navyrobertmro  | 02/29/08
RE: (Photos: Missile shoots down falling satellite)TNMary  | 03/04/08
misleading titlehighlander718  | 03/10/08
RE: (Photos: Missile shoots down falling satellite)therealjunkman@...  | 04/28/08
Nuthin' gets the testosterone flowin' betterron.dondelinger@...  | 04/29/08

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