A clean hit 240km in space! Successful.

Safin

Out of control US spy satellite destroyed on first try

An inoperable U.S. spy satellite orbiting 150 miles above Earth was struck Wednesday by a missile fired from a U.S. Navy cruiser, military sources told CNN.
The Pentagon said the window of opportunity to strike the 5,000-pound satellite opened Wednesday, when the space shuttle Atlantis landed in Florida. The Pentagon wanted to be sure the shuttle would not be struck by any debris from a destroyed satellite.

But earlier the official said conditions had to be perfect, and that was not the case Wednesday with swells in the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii running slightly higher than Navy would like.

CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said six- to eight-foot swells were reported in the area through Wednesday night and were not expected to come down until Friday or Saturday.

The United States plans to spend up to $60 million to try to destroy the satellite even though there is only a remote possibility the satellite could fall to Earth, survive re-entry and spew toxic gas in a populated area, said James Jeffrey, deputy national security adviser.

"The regret factor of not acting clearly outweighed the regret factor of acting," he said.

So that puts US even with China who as some might recall had destroyed one of their own satellite on some pretext about a year back. As much as both sides will deny it, its a great opportunity to carry out testing of the infamous star wars plans

Military sources: Dying spy satellite hit by missile - CNN.com

xXx

What if it falls on Earth????

Zeus · 10:12 AM

I thought they played cricket, read clean hit as free hit

EDIT: asking this question in general. not related to this incident alone.

How much do they lose in totality if a mission fails?
cost of the satellite?
cost of the missile?
launch and other costs?

xXx

Hey !!! do we stay in US or you ????

Zeus

Originally Posted by xXx

Hey !!! do we stay in US or you ????

why doubt? wait i'll clear it up for u

xXx

SO you should know about the questions you yourself asked

Zeus

^^ i didn't know re, I want the scientist to reply

xXx

Dr. Safin

KingKrool

Dr Safin, who works at secure facilities.... and by that I mean that the door to his toilet (often referred to as the facilities) is locked and he can't get in.

Dammit

Weapon Testing with a reason telling that the satellite Contains toxic content which will be released to the Atmosphere...!!