World Affairs Board - View Single Post - Got a Satellite That's Bugging You? The US Navy Can Shoot It Down For You

RustyBattleship · 02-24-2008, 21:19 PM

Sounds like a chicken farm here clucking this and that and maybe and can you prove that and if there were back ups or not.

Pluck, pluck, pluck, PLAAAWK.

Fact:
A very large satellite was falling out of orbit and it's place of landfall could not be calculated.

Fact:
It was a polar orbit satellite and if left to continue on past the Pacific Ocean it may come down in some populated area (like my living room for example - or your bathroom - I don't know if my Allstate home owners policy covers falling satellites or not)

Fact:
A US Navy ship was tasked to shoot down that satellite while it was still over the ocean.

Fact:
The Satellite was doing 17,000 miles per hour.

Fact:
The Satellite was 130 miles up.

Fact:
One Navy ship fired one SM-3 at the satellite (must have been one hell of lead of Kentucky windage).

Fact:
BULLSEYE. One shot, dead center.

So what's there to cackle about. Who cares who tried what, when, how many times, etc.? Let's look at what we just did where EVERYTHING went right.

WELL DONE NAVY.

02-24-2008, 21:19 PM	#23 (permalink)
RustyBattleship *Defense Professional* Join Date: 01-12-06 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 2,838	Sounds like a chicken farm here clucking this and that and maybe and can you prove that and if there were back ups or not. Pluck, pluck, pluck, PLAAAWK. Fact: A very large satellite was falling out of orbit and it's place of landfall could not be calculated. Fact: It was a polar orbit satellite and if left to continue on past the Pacific Ocean it may come down in some populated area (like my living room for example - or your bathroom - I don't know if my Allstate home owners policy covers falling satellites or not) Fact: A US Navy ship was tasked to shoot down that satellite while it was still over the ocean. Fact: The Satellite was doing 17,000 miles per hour. Fact: The Satellite was 130 miles up. Fact: One Navy ship fired one SM-3 at the satellite (must have been one hell of lead of Kentucky windage). Fact: BULLSEYE. One shot, dead center. So what's there to cackle about. Who cares who tried what, when, how many times, etc.? Let's look at what we just did where EVERYTHING went right. WELL DONE NAVY. __________________ Able to leap tall tales in a single groan.