Pentagon to Shoot Down Rogue Satellite
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Despite cautionary notes from space security veterans, the Pentagon is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March.
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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.
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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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A U.S. intelligence satellite has  lost power and could fall to Earth sometime in February or  March, a government official said on Saturday.
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The US space shuttle Atlantis prepared to descend back to Earth Wednesday, leaving the way clear just in time for US Navy ships to aim missiles at a rogue satellite.
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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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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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President Bush, acting on the advice of his national security advisers, has decided to attempt to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite that is expected to crash to Earth early next month, a spokesman for the National Security Council said today.
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The U.S. military shot down a target missile using its long-range missile defense system yesterday, the first time such a test has intercepted a mock enemy warhead since 2002, officials said.
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The Pentagon plans to shoot down a disabled 5,000-pound spy satellite before it enters the atmosphere in early March, a Pentagon official said.
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The U.S. Navy could shoot down an errant spy satellite as early as Wednesday night. Now a new computer model shows what might happen.
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The U.S. military shot down a dummy   warhead over the Pacific on Friday in what it described as a   "huge step" in development of an anti-missile shield activated   in July to guard against missiles test-fired by North Korea.
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The Pentagon is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March, The Associated Press has learned.
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President George W. Bush has directed the military to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite with a missile from a US warship, a senior White House official said.
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A disabled U.S. spy satellite is  likely to break into small pieces when it falls to Earth within  weeks, posing little danger to humans, U.S. government  officials and space experts said on Monday.
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China's use of a ground-based  missile to destroy a satellite last month should spur debate  about putting U.S. interceptor missiles in space, the head of  the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said Monday.
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The countryÂs missile defense system passed a crucial test today, the Pentagon announced.