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SM-3 interceptor missile launched from USS Lake Erie in the Pacific Ocean hit the spy satellite with toxic fuel on board. An official message from the Pentagon said that the interceptor was launched Wednesday at 10:26 p.m. EST and hit the target at the height of 247 kilometers.

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Ka-boom! Navy shoots down wayward satellite
Hopefully rogue state leaders like Kim Jong-il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Bashar Assad are following the news that the crew of the USS Lake Erie shot down a wayward satellite–on the first attempt–earlier today. The satellite, which was within days of reentering the Earth’s atmosphere with a an almost fuel tank of toxic hydrazine, has been obliterated. Nothing larger than a football is left. Well done. America–and the world–has some heroes to thank. Technorati tags: Navy military USS Lake E

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U.S. Spy Satelite Shot Down - Ballistic Missile Intercept

Gen. James Cartwright says the Navy was successful in its effort to shoot down an inoperable spy satellite. The shooting down of the satelite will cost up to $60 million.

The fuel tank probably would have survived re-entry if the satellite had fallen to Earth on its own. It could have dispersed harmful or even potentially deadly fumes over an area the size of two football fields. Hydrazine is similar to chlorine or ammonia in that it affects the lungs and breathing tissue.

The Chinese military destroyed an aging weather satellite last year, prompting questions about whether the United States is merely flexing its muscle to show an economic and military rival that it can destroy satellites, too.

James Jeffrey, deputy national security adviser, denied such allegations this week. “This is all about trying to reduce the danger to human beings,” he said.

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