so did we do one of those little laser things like the rangers or green berets on the ground do when they want a gunship to shoot something out in the wilderness?
i dont know the exact tech, but... same idea? did they point a laser on the satellite and then train the missile on that? tw On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ....you mean like a heat-seeking missile? These are less accurate than > radar-guided missiles, like the one they shot it down wiht. > > --Doom > > > Tony wrote: > > i think its impressive to gel. > > whats more impressive is that it was a COLD object > > travelling at 17000mph, in space WOW. > > > > i mean, i get hitting a travelling object, that is warm > > has a contrail, etc, but a COLD object, no heat, moving > > that fast, WOW. > > > > if i were another country imagining sending missiles to > > hurt the USA, i would say, we kinda ratcheted up another > > reason not to. > > > > tw > > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "an Aegis-class cruiser, fired a single missile just before 10:30 p.m. > >> Eastern time, and the missile hit the satellite as it traveled at more > >> than 17,000 miles per hour, the Pentagon said in its official > >> announcement. " > >> > >> Damn...that's pretty impressive hitting an object travelling that fast. > >> > >> And you would think there would be some mission to clean up the space > >> debris around the earth too. But I guess...how do you stop chunks of > >> metal flying around at 17,000 miles an hour...:-\ > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254731 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
