Pentagon: Satellite shootdown worked as planned

[Magleetis]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon said Monday it has a "high degree of confidence" that the missile fired at a dead U.S. spy satellite in space destroyed the satellite's fuel tank as planned.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/02/25/dead.satellite.ap/index.html

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Good job men. I feel so much safer now.

[underpants]

1. Thank god that malfunctioning super secret technology didn't fall into the wrong hands

Geesh imagine what could have happened!!!

[ReformedChris]

2. Glad we got that bird down..

In spite of the political game this was part of with Russia and China, this is truly an amazing technological feat and a credit to the military.

[JustDavid]

8. Absolutely

Astonishing feat.

But don't forget about (insert kooky conspiracy theory here)

..and if you don't have one, fuckit, just make one up.

[JBoy]

3. They now actually have a "high degree of confidence"

that no evidence will ever emerge that they didn't shoot down the satellite, therefore they can continue to pretend that they did.

[peace13]

4. Must know where it landed. n/t

[Doctor_J]

5. Pentagon: W is best president ever

Pentagon: We don't torture

:eyes:

[zbdent]

6. wait ... first they said "it was successful" ... and now they're saying

"it's likely that the fuel tank was hit and destroyed"???

[HereSince1628]

7. No doubt a great success for SIGINT as well.

The launching of an antisatellite missle undoubtedly caused much surveillance which undoubtedly was in turn the target of US interception.

It was undoubtedly the SIGINT equivalent to seismic-testing of rock formations.