Space.com's coverage with some pictures: http://www.space.com/news/080220-satellite-hit.html
[added missing 'N' to the title field of post] Juha-Matti Juha-Matti Laurio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good work SM-3: > > "A Navy missile soaring 130 miles above the Pacific smashed a dying and > potentially deadly U.S. spy satellite and probably destroyed a tank carrying > 1,000 pounds of toxic fuel, officials said." > --clip-- > > "The USS Lake Erie, armed with an SM-3 missile designed to knock down > incoming missiles not orbiting satellites > launched the attack at 10:26 p.m. EST Wednesday (0326 GMT Thursday), > according to the Pentagon. > It hit the satellite about three minutes later as the spacecraft traveled in > polar orbit at more than 17,000 mph." > > More at > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331591,00.html _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
