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Posted by kdawson on Monday January 28, 2008 @05:47AM from the nro-doa dept.

scim writes "Intelligent speculation has led one knowledgeable observer to believe the satellite recently announced to have failed is a radar satellite named USA 193. According to an earlier story on the satellite: 'The experimental L-21 classified satellite, built for the National Reconnaissance Office at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, was launched successfully on Dec. 14 [2006] but has been out of touch since reaching its low-earth orbit.'" The ArmsControlWonk story leads off with what purports to be a photo from the ground of USA 193.

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My Backyard (Score:5, Funny)

by acidradio ( 659704 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @05:52AM (#22206152)

If it lands in my backyard, I get to keep it. Just like the neighbor kid's frisbees and baseballs! That's only fair, right?

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Re:My Backyard (Score:5, Funny)

by Brian Gordon ( 987471 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @05:58AM (#22206174)

If it lands in your back yard, you get to spend 10 or 15 years in guantanamo bay to make sure you don't talk.

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Re:My Backyard (Score:5, Funny)

by Moonpie Madness ( 764217 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @06:05AM (#22206206)

If this thing lands in unfriendly lands, whatever's left will fetch a lot of money... or be subject to US airstrike.

Maybe it will 'accidentally' land on Iran's nuke facility! I wish our peeps were that smart.

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Re:My Backyard (Score:2, Funny)

by acidradio ( 659704 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @06:11AM (#22206214)

On a day like today, all of those things sound kinda fun!

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oh no!! (Score:5, Funny)

by Runagate Rampant ( 602123 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @06:47AM (#22206342)

A communications disruption could mean only one thing: invasion

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Re:Which is it? (Score:2, Funny)

by ThirdPrize ( 938147 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @06:53AM (#22206376) Homepage

Blue Screen of Death actually. Just needs someone to go up and reboot it.

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Re:My Backyard (Score:4, Funny)

by rucs_hack ( 784150 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @07:24AM (#22206518)

If it lands in your back yard, you get to spend 10 or 15 years in guantanamo bay to make sure you don't talk.

Nah, not unless they have a cell that's one milimeter high and fifty meters in radius, otherwise he wouldn't fit.

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Intelligent Speculation? (Score:3, Funny)

by ideonode ( 163753 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @08:10AM (#22206734)

Intelligent speculation has led one knowledgeable observer....

But I thought that god did not play dice...

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Re:Only one man would use the strawberry... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @08:17AM (#22206770)

Yeah. I feel like that at your house, too.

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Re:Enough already (Score:5, Funny)

by Ihlosi ( 895663 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @08:36AM (#22206850)

Show me ONE EXAMPLE of someone held in Gitmo who WAS NOT an ununiformed combatant fighting our troops or implementing terror attacks.
If he did, he'd probably get stuck into Gitmo for violating national security.

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Re:Will it burn up? (Score:5, Funny)

by jaminJay ( 1198469 ) writes: on Monday January 28, 2008 @09:55AM (#22207368) Homepage

More importantly, will it blend?

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