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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:53 PM Original message |
US may shoot down satellite Wednesday |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Duck |
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nycmuse (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. And Cover n/t |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. They are either very confident that their crappy star wars technology |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I had the same thought |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System has 8 hits out of 10 attempts |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Er. Let me get this straight. |
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pimpbot (770 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I believe they meant reconfigure the program |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That would make sense. |
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ORDagnabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. hearing there might be plutonium on board. n/t |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why, god help me, why do I have this image of this satellite hitting something |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. Also total eclipse of the moon Weds - everyone will be watching the night sky |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. And in what areas can that be seen? |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. The Eclipse? Everywhere in the US apparently. The warhead? .. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Thanks for the link! We're outta luck... |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Just a lunar eclipse, not a solar one. But full---that's pretty cool anyway. And slow! |
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Deny and Shred (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. If this missile misses, wouldn't that embolden others with rockets |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. OK - someone educate me, the SM-3 is a HEAT-SEEKING missile, |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Do not believe that the SM3 is a heat seeking missile |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Well, that's what it says in the first sentence of the OP |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Against the temperature of outer space |
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Been Fishing (161 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. It is possible |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. It's totally going to target the space shuttle instead. just watch! |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 07:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. The space shuttle will have already landed by that time. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Uhh, the shuttle will have landed |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. "Ahh, BushCo using the occult energy of the Eclipse." - Ronald Reagan's Dead Astrology |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. Looks like they are gonna try it West of Hawaii - no one will see what happens |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. My guess is that either the missile or the satellite will land in Polk County, Florida. |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is why all satellites should have concealed carry. |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
28. Weather May Delay Satellite Shot |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. If the weather is nice!! |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. they already hit it with a missile but. they don't know yet whether it hit the fuel tank. |
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