US 'to shoot down spy satellite'
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The US military is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite due to crash land on Earth, a report says.
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The Bush administration's attempt to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite as early as this evening will help the military advance its anti-missile and anti-satellite planning and technology, according to space weapons experts and analysts. Both fields are of high interest to the military and...
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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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The military's attempt to shoot down a wayward U.S. spy satellite as it falls toward Earth could happen as early as Wednesday night, but no final decision on timing has been made, officials said.
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China said Sunday it was concerned about U.S. military plans to shoot down a damaged spy satellite that is hurtling toward Earth with 1,000 pounds of toxic fuel
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The State Department sent cables to all embassies yesterday instructing diplomats to explain to foreign governments how the upcoming attempt to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite is different from China's destruction of one of its orbiting satellites early last year.
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Space-watchers figure out where the Navy will try to shoot down a dying satellite -- and where the debris cloud is likely to go afterwards.
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The U.S. military is developing contingency plans to deal with the possibility that a large spy satellite expected to fall to Earth in late February or early March could hit North America.
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Military plans to shoot down a damaged U.S. spy satellite carrying toxic fuel will not concern the crew aboard the international space station, commander Peggy Whitson said Saturday.
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Spy satellite, due to fall to Earth next month, is size of small bus and has hazardous chemicals on board
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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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Navy will try an unprecedented shoot-down of an out-of-control satellite expected to crash to Earth.
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Russia said Saturday that U.S. military plans to shoot down a damaged spy satellite may be a veiled test of America's missile defense system.
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A US warship is moving into position to try to shoot down an out-of-control US spy satellite as early as Wednesday before it tumbles into the Earth's atmosphere, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.
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Military officially laid out a plan to shoot down a spy satellite before it tumbles to Earth carrying toxic fuel.
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on the US plan to bring its missile shield to Europe, and the European response.
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WASHINGTON Â U.S. President George W. Bush approved a Defense Department plan to try and shoot down a crippled spy satellite after becoming convinced that the spacecraft's toxic hydrazine fuel posed an unacceptable risk to people on the ground, senior U.S. government officials said at a Pentagon press briefing Feb. 14.