The U.S. military finally had a successful real world test of its anti-ballistic missile defense systems
Recent articles about the satellite intercept
http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/b3e1272f1f78012c?hl=en
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The final frontier
Brattleboro Reformer
by staff
02/23/08
So, after years of trying, the U.S. military finally had a successful real world test of its anti-ballistic missile defense systems. The Pentagon claims that a three-stage missile launched from the USS Lake Erie off the coast of Hawaii on Wednesday successfully destroyed a wayward U.S. spy satellite. The official story is that the satellite was loaded with 1,000 pounds of a dangerous chemical, hydrazine, in its fuel tank and needed to be destroyed to prevent harm to others. The rest of the world isn’t buying the explanation. They see it as a thinly-disguised attempt by the Pentagon to test an anti-satellite weapon and another example of how the United States is trying to seek military dominance in space...
http://www.reformer.com/editorials/ci_8332021
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=satellite
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=anti-ballistic
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=anti-satellite+weapon
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=military+dominance
http://groups.google.de/group/freepage-news/t/b3e1272f1f78012c?hl=en
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The final frontier
Brattleboro Reformer
by staff
02/23/08
So, after years of trying, the U.S. military finally had a successful real world test of its anti-ballistic missile defense systems. The Pentagon claims that a three-stage missile launched from the USS Lake Erie off the coast of Hawaii on Wednesday successfully destroyed a wayward U.S. spy satellite. The official story is that the satellite was loaded with 1,000 pounds of a dangerous chemical, hydrazine, in its fuel tank and needed to be destroyed to prevent harm to others. The rest of the world isn’t buying the explanation. They see it as a thinly-disguised attempt by the Pentagon to test an anti-satellite weapon and another example of how the United States is trying to seek military dominance in space...
http://www.reformer.com/editorials/ci_8332021
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=satellite
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=anti-ballistic
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=anti-satellite+weapon
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=military+dominance
rudkla - 25. Feb, 09:16
