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+-   US to shoot down dieing spy satellite on Thursday February 14 2008, @12:36PM Frosty Piss

Submitted by Frosty Piss on Thursday February 14 2008, @12:36PM
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Frosty Piss writes "U.S. officials say the Pentagon is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March. The Associated Press has learned that the option preferred by the Bush administration will be to fire a missile from a U.S. Navy cruiser, and shoot down the satellite before it enters Earth's atmosphere. The speculated reason is to protect technology secrets, but I'm wondering how this will play out as far as random space junk in low orbit..."
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