US satellite-shoot effort seeds conspiracy theory storm
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Whatever's going on, China and Russia condemn it Russia and China have expressed concern over US plans to fire interceptors at a malfunctioning American spy satellite in coming weeks before it plunges fully into the Earth's atmosphere. Meanwhile, it has emerged that Washington launched a crash effort to destroy the spacecraft early in the New Year, less than a fortnight after it was launched and failed to come online.â¦
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Military opt to act... now crash imminent over US soil The US military is putting into effect contingency plans to deal with the possibility that a large spy satellite expected to fall to Earth in late February or early March could actually hit North America.â¦
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Elusive, movie style tech-Yeti finally spotted A presentation given by a US Air Force official may have - temporarily, at least - laid to rest one of the wilder and wackier secret superweapon conspiracy theories of recent times.â¦
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A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday.
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The looming U.S. Navy attempt to shoot down a dying satellite could demonstrate an anti-satellite capability for its missile defense system.
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Roswell, the Kennedys and a hacker named Vladuz Eagle-eyed conspiracy buffs have pounced on a recent rash of compromised eBay user accounts as proof of a mile-wide hole in the auctioneer's front lines, giving new life to a theory that could one day rival the intrigue surrounding Roswell UFO crashing and Kennedy assassinations.â¦
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Colin Powell&#39;s accusation this week that Iran is trying to develop a nuclear ballistic missile was based on information that is from a single, unvetted source, the Washington Post claimed today.
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The U.S. Navy may make its first attempt to shoot down an errant spy satellite loaded with toxic fuel overnight on Wednesday in an area of the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii, according to U.S. officials and government documents.
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Just 11 days after Asia's tsunami catastrophe, conspiracy theorists are out in force, accusing governments of a cover-up, blaming the military for testing top-secret eco-weapons or aliens trying to correct the Earth's "wobbly" rotation.
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We should all be concerned about the Chinese demonstrating their capability to destroy a satellite with a ballistic missile.
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Could contain hazardous materials: just like The Andromeda Strain A large US spy satellite has lost power and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials have said.â¦
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In the next week or so, the U.S. military is going to try to take out a malfunctioning spy satellite before it crashes to Earth -- and maybe releases a toxic gas in the process.
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The order to destroy a disabled satellite before it falls from orbit carries opportunity, but also potential embarrassment, for the advocates of a missile defense program.
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US intelligence officials are evaluating worrisome new information about an Iranian missile purportedly capable of carrying an atomic bomb.
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By Greg AutryChina recently shot down an aging Chinese weather satellite -- a signal that China will not abide by the doctrine of U.S. space superiority outlined in the new National Space Policy released in October by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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An analysis of the World Trade Center collapse challenges an oft-repeated conspiracy theory about 9/11.
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An out-of-commission US spy satellite will enter the Earth's atmosphere on or around March 6 if Washington fails with its plans to shoot it down, a top US diplomat said on Friday.