WASHINGTON - A Navy missile soaring 130 miles above the Pacific smashed a dying and potentially deadly U.S. spy satellite Wednesday and probably destroyed a tank carrying 1,000 pounds of toxic fuel, officials said.I still say they launched a faulty satellite filled with explosives so they could 'lose control' over it and then pretend to shoot it down to shock and awe the Chinese who did this last year.
The sad thing is.. we can't trust anything Bush and his cohorts say or do. So if we shot down a satellite, I'll wait until somebody else in some other country with some other satellite photos verifies it.
Update 2/22: Bryan of Why Now? says it better.
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There are a few things of which we can be confident:
* Whatever the motivations the Bushists claimed for the shoot-down, those are not the true motivations. E.g., maybe the satellite contained a weapon, illegal under treaties. Or perhaps it contained some secret technology, the finding of which could not be risked. Or... the possibilities are endless. We would never know.
* Whatever really happened, it was not what was described, or else it was not when it was described. E.g., the whole business could have taken place two weeks ago, as far as we know. That would allow the Bushists to engage in a dramatic buildup leading to an announcement they, but not we, knew would be a success. Or maybe three missiles were fired, and one of them hit the target. Or... the possibilities are endless. We would never know. (Is there an echo in here?)
* There will be a Bush flight suit shot along with the announcement of success. I just hope they have fitted Bush's flight suit properly this time, and that he remembers to untangle his member from the straps after he lands on the ship. OK, it's not a carrier, so he won't be landing on the ship. But I wouldn't be surprised at a dramatic announcement in full costume.
Well said, Steve! I'd have just said they lied and it was faked, but you've nailed it in one.
And full costume means that he'll have several presidential seals showing on his clothes, hat, socks and underwear. He's the Deciderer, you know...
My favorite was that they had to delay the launch due to weather. It's good to know that our multi-billion dollar defense system doesn't work in the rain.
Maybe this time Bush can land on the ship that allegedly shot down the satellite with a jet-pack?
I know that a lot of these military satellites in the past used plutonium as a power supply in orbit. I figured the hydrazine fuel was probably just a cover for the secret plutonium power supply (which would cause problems if it landed in a populated area. So instead they just decided to disperse it in the atmosphere, so we all can breathe a little.
And, yes, I'm sure you're right. It was mainly a weapons test and a bit of mano-a-mano posturing for the benefit of the Chinese.
Carrie, ssshhhh! Now the terrorists know to attack us in bad weather!
Madison Guy, I've not heard about the plutonium as a reason. One suggestion was the super double secret spy equipment that could not fall into the hands of the multitudinous enemies around the world.
Apparently hydrazine has been in many of the fallen satellites and no comment has been made about them previously, so that excuse was lame.
Canada should thank us. They'll have lots of falling stars to wish on now, as the shattered bits sprinkle down and burn through the atmosphere....
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