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US Claims Satellite Shoot-Down Success

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hope-your-foil-hat-was-on-snug dept.

Readers of Slashdot last valentines day will remember discussing US Plans to Shoot down a damaged spy satellite. An anonymous reader noted that the US is reporting success last night, thus saving us from hydrazine exposure. Of course this makes me wonder- if it's this easy, wouldn't an international super power war pretty much immediately mean the downing of every satellite in orbit?

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  1. They need to be more careful. by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

    I took a look at the sky late last night, and it seems they took a chunk out of the Moon as well.

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  2. Re:priorities? by KnightNavro · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not actually compulsory for super-powers to go straight to the nuclear option on day 1. The nukes are typically reserved for the last day of war.
  3. Re:in other news by JamesP · · Score: 5, Funny

    It wasn't an anti-satellite missile. It was an anti-missile missile [wikipedia.org],

    I'm waiting for the anti-(anti-missile missile) missile

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  4. Re:Wasn't that the whole point by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am not a rocket scientist and neither are you, but I have been told by a satellite guy that the hydrazine has to last for the entire duration of the satellite's mission, and so the tank is extremely well insulated. A satellite guy told me the same thing. I think he worked for DirecTV.
  5. Pinata by jbeaupre · · Score: 5, Funny

    We have just witnessed the worlds most expensive pinata. With no candy. Next time they need to just pay a few bucks at the mercado, invite a few kids, and do it right.

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