WASHINGTON - President Bush has ordered the Pentagon to use a Navy missile to attempt to destroy a broken U.S. spy satellite — and thereby minimize the risk to humans from its toxic fuel — by intercepting it just before it re-enters the atmosphere, officials said Thursday.
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My wings are like a shield of steel.
They'll AIM at their spy satellite..., but whose will they actually hit?
No, I'm being mean now aren't I?
I'm a conscientious man... when I throw rocks at seabirds I leave no tern unstoned. (Ogden Nash) Et nom de dieu! C'est triste Orly la dimanche (Jacques Brel)
Just a suggestion, but wouldn't it be easier for them to shoot down if it was disguised as a civilian airliner.