Re: Total lunar eclipse Wednesday night
(David P.)
>
> Viewers in the N. Pacific will
> generally miss the eclipse but might
> get to watch the space-age shoot-out.
>
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/19/sat_shoot_notam_airspace_warn...
Comments on 'US declares 1400-mile
Pacific sat-shoot exclusion zone'
Airspace bar from surface to 'unlimited' altitude
By Lewis Page
Published 19 Feb 2008 09:59 GMT
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Taped off area out at sea
By Lewis Page
Posted 19 Feb 2008 10:12 GMT
I did not write that. Before you all start.
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A nice big rubberneck-free zone
By Joe Harrison
Posted 19 Feb 2008 10:43 GMT
The "dodgy satellite" gives them a
perfect excuse to kick nosey parkers
out of a huge and rather remote area
for a couple of hours. I'm surprised the
Roswell people haven't been asking
just what, exactly, is expected to be
incoming at that time.
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Taped off
By Anonymous Coward
Posted 19 Feb 2008 10:48 GMT
That's a lot of tape.... does this come
out of a special DOD budget for
dumb ideas.
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Any trans-Pacific airliners....
By zedee
Posted 19 Feb 2008 10:57 GMT
going nearby should get a decent
fireworks display, looking out the
correct window.
Three of the largest sparklers this
side of a NEO deflection attempt!
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Re: Taped off area out at sea
By Anonymous Coward
Posted 19 Feb 2008 11:11 GMT
But... but... Lewis, that sounded rather cute.
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Moon
By Tim Spence
Posted 19 Feb 2008 11:11 GMT
Is it a coincidence that this is happening
at pretty much the exact same time as
the eclipse of the moon, on pretty much
smack bang the opposite side of the earth?
Is it? Hmm?
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@Joe Harrison
By Matthew
Posted 19 Feb 2008 11:13 GMT
I haven't yet checked but if this area is - as I
strongly suspect - international waters, it will
only keep out the rubberneckers who are
scared of being hit on the head (either by the
satellite or by the US forces in the area).
It's good advice to stay away but outside
national boundaries, totally unenforceable.
I don't expect this to stop the septics from
trying though....
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star wars?
By John Macintyre
Posted 19 Feb 2008 11:18 GMT
I thought the point of all that hype over a
star wars thing the us wanted to shoot
down missiles from the sky would do
this for them? Or is this in a part of the
world they haven't bent to their will
/installed the system yet?
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Coincidence?
By Ian Ferguson
Posted 19 Feb 2008 11:23 GMT
That's the exact same time as the total
eclipse of the moon - obviously no
coincidence! Them damn US military
are obviously shooting down the moon
itself while we can't see it! Sneaky bastards!
That's no moon... etc
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@Matthew
By DZ-Jay
Posted 19 Feb 2008 11:25 GMT
>> "It's good advice to stay away but
outside national boundaries, totally
unenforceable."
Hum, with a couple of destroyers and
other battleships patroling the area, I'm
thinking there may be ways for them to
enforce it. Sure, it may not be politically
or diplomatically correct to do so, but
neither is shooting down the satellite,
and that didn't stop them with that.
So my guess is that the heavy naval
hardware will keep out the rubber-
neckers who are scared of, hum,
being shot at by warships.
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John Macintyre
By Anonymous Coward
Posted 19 Feb 2008 11:28 GMT
The new missile shield is not fully
operational yet. The Aegis cruisers
and their Standard Missiles are
actually a component of the "multi-
layered" approach they're using
since the Regan era space-based
weapons never got off the ground.
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ebay killing
By Anonymous Coward
Posted 19 Feb 2008 11:38 GMT
if parts of the satellite fall in US, expect
to see it on ebay selling for millions
(prob to a russian buyer)
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Youtube vid?
By Stu
Posted 19 Feb 2008 12:11 GMT
Are we likely to see a youtube video
of the missile launch, plus one of those
NASA style long distance visual tracking
type videos that record the Shuttle as it
goes into orbit?
I like watching things get blowed up. ;-)
Or is it likely to be totally top secret?
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satellite? what satellite?
By Tawakalna
Posted 19 Feb 2008 12:22 GMT
for *satellite*, read alien spacecraft,
being sneaked in under the cover of a
lunar eclipse for a maritime rendezvous
with the US military. The warships are to
prevent us seeing what's going on, not
to shoot down some pretend sattelite.
This is the next step in the lizard takeover
of Earth, the landing of the cloaked
alien mothership in the Pacific.
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Won' it be a larf if they miss.
By Anonymous Coward
Posted 19 Feb 2008 12:35 GMT
Who will they hit in another friendly
fire episode?
Will they try again next time round?
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NOTAMs and Reasoning
By Anonymous Coward
Posted 19 Feb 2008 12:36 GMT
NOTAMs are a standard warning system
used whenever a military force intends a
firing of any sort. They are used for
civilian hazard warnings, too. They
can be (and are) used in both
designated exercise/firing areas and
on the "high seas". It's a bit unusual
to see one this large, though.
As for enforcing them - well, it's your own
stupid fault if you ignore a NOTAM and
ending up wearing some shrapnel. But,
in international waters, it's not legal to
stop you, IIRC. It's been a while though
and I'm a bit rusty on my maritime law.
As for why they're shooting this thing
down? Pretty obvious really. The US
military budgets to shoot a certain
amount of ammunition each year -
I wouldn't be surprised if they budgeted
for three SM-3s this year, hence sending
three ships with one shot each. That
money (for the ammunition accounting
line) absolutely *must* be expended
this financial year, so they just had to
find *something* to shoot. Accountants
rule the world, unfortunately.
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Aegis?
By Kenny Millar
Posted 19 Feb 2008 12:41 GMT
Aegis? Surely they won't be trying
to do an insurance job on it?
I can see the claim form now..
Item: A big secret satellite.
Cost: $100M
Damage: Totally destroyed
Cause of damage: I smacked it with
a big explosive rocket.
CLAIM DENIED - Damage self inflicted.
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Ha - you've all missed the point...
By Dalek13
Posted 19 Feb 2008 12:42 GMT
Look at the positioning, trajectory,
hardware. This is all a cover story
cunningly engineered to capture
attention away from the true objective:
the final and long awaited removal of
that pesky Canada and the creation
of the New North American Sea!!!!
Mwwwwaaahahahahahaahahahah!!
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Why isn't...
By The Gritter
Posted 19 Feb 2008 13:07 GMT
...there a self destruct sequence?
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Yikes
By Anonymous Coward
Posted 19 Feb 2008 13:15 GMT
1,400 miles long and nearly 700 miles
Hmm, average yacht travels at say
8 knots over the ground, so if you are
in there already it could take (weather
permitting) at least 87.5 hours (3.6
days) to get out of the way.
As for policing it with a couple of
destroyers, have you any idea how big
that area is and how hard it is to located
an intruder, not to mention even a
destroyer doing something like 40 knots
could take 1.5 days to get to the intruder.
Thats why it takes sooooo long to rescue
people when it all goes tits up out there &
you just have to hope there is someone near!
Guess anyone out there will just have to duck.
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@The Gritter
By daniel
Posted 19 Feb 2008 13:26 GMT
The sat is electronically dead... it
cannot be piloted, recharged,
deployed... or self destructed...
Unless it is not a satellite :)
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What about the poison gas?
By Christoph
Posted 19 Feb 2008 13:26 GMT
All these fake conspiracy theories are
obscuring the real problem.
The US has openly admitted that the
hydrazine on this spacecraft is so
dangerous that they have to spend
a fortune shooting it down.
But it has been widely reported that
lots of similar craft fall back all the time.
Why has the US not shot these down
too, since it has explicitly stated that
they are deadly dangerous? Why are
they bombarding the whole planet with
deadly poison gas?? Will your children
be poisoned on their way to school by
falling US poison satellites??????
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Impossible shot!
By Nev
Posted 19 Feb 2008 13:31 GMT
How can they possibly hit any Iranian
civil airliners from that far away?
They should at least give themselves
a sporting chance!
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Lunar Eclipse
By James Smith
Posted 19 Feb 2008 13:41 GMT
I'm no space expert, but wouldn't the
positioning of the moon affect the
trajectory of the satellite? The timing
is such that the moon being directly
opposite would bring the satellite
closer to the Earth around the point
where they're going to shoot at it.
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@ Yikes by Anon Coward
By andy gibson
Posted 19 Feb 2008 13:45 GMT
I would imagine that an "average yacht"
would travel at 0 knots over the ground.
Unless it had wheels.
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NOTAM updated (add 24 hours)
By Alan Clegg
Posted 19 Feb 2008 13:55 GMT
On the mailing list where I was made
aware of the original NOTAM, an
update has been posted by John Locker:
New NOTAM issued for the same period
24 hours later.....similar track...similar
acquisition time so they have ignored the
1330 GMT shot & are keeping daylight attempts.
02/067 (A0708/08) - AIRSPACE
STATIONARY RESERVATION WITHIN
AN AREA BNDD BY 3145N/17012W
2824N/16642W 2352N/16317W
1909N/16129W 1241N/16129W
1239N/16532W 1842N/17057W
2031N/17230W 2703N/17206W SFC-UNL.
22 FEB 02:30 2008 UNTIL 22 FEB 05:00
2008. CREATED: 19 FEB 12:30 2008
Compared to
02/061 (A0693/08) - AIRSPACE
STATIONARY RESERVATION WITHIN
AN AREA BNDD BY 3145N 17012W
2824N 16642W 2352N 16317W
1909N 16129W 1241N 16129W
1239N 16532W 1842N 17057W
2031N 17230W 2703N 17206W SFC-UNL.
21 FEB 02:30 2008 UNTIL 21 FEB 05:00
2008. CREATED: 18 FEB 12:50 2008
Looking at the predictions this could go on
for five days or so, with the time of the shot
getting a little earlier each day. John
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Sell on eBay?
By Andy
Posted 19 Feb 2008 13:56 GMT
If a piece were to come down anywhere
close to me I'd phone the American embassy
and ask them to collect it and please not to
torture me.
Anybody stupid enough to believe the U.S.
government would mobilize three warships
to shoot down something and then just allow
the person who finds the pieces to keep
them probably deserves to be waterboarded
by the CIA until they confess.
Sure it wouldn't be legal to kidnap and
torture the moron trying to sell pieces of
satellite but what are you going to do
about it? How many missiles did that ship
fire? Five? Six? Are you feeling lucky punk?
Well are you?
Dirty American Harry is quite correct:
A loaded six-shooter aimed at the cranium
is a trump in any argument on international law.
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Re: Why isn't...
By Steve
Posted 19 Feb 2008 14:00 GMT
"...there a self destruct sequence?"
Probably got damaged at launch when the
Damge Control System shorted out due
to a sloppy conversion to imperial units.
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Area
By Anonymous Coward
Posted 19 Feb 2008 14:09 GMT
That is a huge area... think of it this way:
john o groats to lands end: approx 1000 miles
lands end to lowestoft: approx 500 miles
Therefore, this exclusion area is over
3 times the size of the UK (yes, I'm
including northern Ireland to help make
the thing more rectangular)
I'm just wondering if they've considered
what will be slightly higher in orbit at the
planned time - they're sure to miss (they
are Americans) and those missiles will
keep going until they hit something!
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I wonder if...
By g e
Posted 19 Feb 2008 14:10 GMT
It'll be worth watching that area on
google maps for a while... just in case..
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friendly fire?
By Tim Blair
Posted 19 Feb 2008 14:16 GMT
lets hope there's no British troops
around for them to kill....
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@ Christoph
By Anonymous Coward
Posted 19 Feb 2008 14:31 GMT
Usually a satellite comes back to earth
only when it has run out of maneuvering
fuel - it may still contain nasties such as
radioisotopes (or just a lot of mis-placed
kinetic energy), but it wouldn't contain the
few thousand pounds of hydrazine that this
satellite does.
What effect that has on the real reasons for
the planned sat destruction is completely unknown.
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Thunderbirds Are Go
By Anonymous Coward
Posted 19 Feb 2008 14:51 GMT
Has anyone warned International Rescue,
or will the Americans take out Thunderbird
One with friendly fire?
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@ Anonymous Coward
By Christoph
Posted 19 Feb 2008 14:56 GMT
How are we supposed to get a good
conspiracy theory going if you keep
introducing these ridiculous "fact" things?
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@The Gritter
By Paul
Posted 19 Feb 2008 14:57 GMT
"Why isn't there a self destruct sequence?"
It's a cunning ploy designed to "out" those
El Reg readers who just look at the headlines
and then jump straight to the comments section
without really having a clue what they're talking
about. :)
Bloody hard to issue a self-destruct command
if the sat is unresponsive and out of control,
which is how they got into this pickle in the
first place.
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Boosters and other misc.
By Remy Redert
Posted 19 Feb 2008 15:02 GMT
Satelites rarely reenter the atmosphere with
more then a tiny amount of fuel left, that is
absolutely true.
Now if only we could stop using those huge
hydrazine filled liquid boosters that are
common to many multiple stage rockets
and are often discarded into decaying orbits
with quite some fuel (Many more times then
the maneuvering fuel for a lousy little
satellite) left in them.
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If they miss
By Anonymous Coward
Posted 19 Feb 2008 15:13 GMT
If they miss the said satellite their
missiles will hit the moon, causing
the moon to vier from it's normal orbit
around the earth, hence in a few weeks
time the moon will impact a specific country
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@ Paul
By Christoph
Posted 19 Feb 2008 15:21 GMT
Simple to do a self destruct in those
circumstances. "If you are still in
free fall and have not heard from
Control after X days, go BOOM"
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Totally taped off
By b shubin
Posted 19 Feb 2008 15:33 GMT
perhaps a chalk outline would be more
effective. easier to clean up after,
and more eco-friendly.
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Except that...
By Andy Gates
Posted 19 Feb 2008 15:43 GMT
..it's not thinking at all. So it doesn't
know if it's in free fall, what time it is,
or the price of apples.
The self destruct for these things is
usually "fire the thrusters into a
de-orbit burn", by the way.
Exploding it would be a debris hazard
& pain in the diplomatic arse.
A de-orbit burn is tricky with dead
electronics and a frozen (hydrazine)
propellant tank. This thing is as
responsive and as controllable
(and about as big) as a VW Camper
with a flat battery. Tumbling through
space. Full of seekrit tech.
Are any bookies offering odds yet?
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@Christoph
By RRRoamer
Posted 19 Feb 2008 15:57 GMT
Only if the electronic watch dog timer is
still running. Here's a test for you:
1) reach back and find the power cord
on your computer. You know, the one
between the wall socket (or UPS) and the
back of the power supply in your computer.
2) Yank it out.
3) Type in "format c: <RTN>"
4) Plug that power cord back in.
5) Reboot computer
6) Verify that your C: drive was formated.
7) If not, type in "format c: <RTN>"
@Anonymous Coward
Actually, all they are trying to do is destroy
the Top Secret computer technology that is
on the Apollo 11 lander. They don't want the
Chinese to get it and use the information to
build there own moon lander. Or, they are
pissed that Directv raised their rates again,
so they are going for the 101 sat!
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We gots gooder gunz
By Bob C
Posted 19 Feb 2008 16:05 GMT
"I'm just wondering if they've considered
what will be slightly higher in orbit at the
planned time - they're sure to miss (they
are Americans) and those missiles will
keep going until they hit something!"
- anonymous coward.
We be dumb americuns, buts our guns is
really gooder than y'alls.
=========
Just Called my sports book, no proposition.
By Disco-Legend-Zeke
Posted 19 Feb 2008 16:13 GMT
The Imperial Palace Sports Book here in
Las Vegas does NOT have a proposition
on the event. I read that the odds are
4 to 1 that it will hit on the first try.
Then there are all the little side bets
about where the pieces land. Better
double up on the tinfoil hats this week.
.
.
--
Jack Linthicum
> Adam Funk <a24...@ducksburg.com> wrote:
>
> > Viewers in the N. Pacific will
> > generally miss the eclipse but might
> > get to watch the space-age shoot-out.
>
> >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/19/sat_shoot_notam_airspace_warn...
>
>
The eclipse is about 1% of this post, mostly about the satellite
shootdown.
US declares 1400-mile Pacific sat-shoot exclusion zone
Airspace bar from surface to 'unlimited' altitude
By Lewis Page → More by this author
Published Tuesday 19th February 2008 09:59 GMT
Green Computing - Where do you stand?
The US military has issued a warning notice barring flights above a
large area of the northern Pacific for two and a half hours early on
Thursday morning. The stricken spy satellite marked for destruction by
US warships will pass over the taped-off area just at this time,
indicating that the first shot will take place then.
The NOTAM (NOTice To AirMen) warning reads:
02/062 (A0038/08) - AIRSPACE CARF NR. 90 ON EVELYN STATIONARY
RESERVATION WITHIN AN AREA BNDD BY 3145N 17012W 2824N 16642W 2352N
16317W 1909N 16129W 1241N 16129W 1239N 16532W 1842N 17057W 2031N
17230W 2703N 17206W SFC-UNL. 21 FEB 02:30 2008 UNTIL 21 FEB 05:00
2008. CREATED: 18 FEB 12:51 2008
A "CARF" (Central Altitude Reservation Function) designation indicates
a NOTAM intended to keep commercial and private flights clear of
military operations, and SFC-UNL means the height band of this warning
zone reaches from the surface to "unlimited" altitude - in other words
all the way into space. The UTC time referred to is the same as UK
time, so the zone exists from 0230 to 0500 on Thursday morning for
British readers.
The latitudes and longitudes can be plotted with the crippled spy
sat's ground track overlaid, which has been done by satellite watcher
Ted Molczan in handy pdf form here. Those running Google Earth can get
a better look using this kmz file, compiled by Molczan's fellow sky-
watcher Alan Clegg from the pdf.
As will be evident, the barred area is a cool 1,400 miles long and
nearly 700 miles wide at the surface, giving the US Navy plenty of
elbow room to fire their interceptor missiles up into the descending
spacecraft's path.
Reports have it that three US Aegis air-defence warships, the cruiser
Lake Erie and the destroyers Decatur and Russell, will be waiting for
the satellite west of Hawaii. Each ship carries a specially modified
Standard SM-3 interceptor, originally intended for defence against
lower-flying ballistic missile warheads. The three interceptors are on
separate ships in case of a technical issue with the Aegis radar and
fire-control system.
As it passes over the firing area, the satellite will be approximately
3,000 miles and ten minutes out from the western coast of Canada, the
next land it will pass over. The satellite has much more mass than the
soaring "exo-atmospheric kill vehicle" it will smack into, so this
gives some idea of the onward track the wreckage might follow in the
event of a hit.
The Pentagon believes most of the resulting debris from a successful
shot will burn up soon afterwards, and almost all should be gone
within "two orbits". Boosters and other gubbins from the interceptors
will presumably fall within the ocean NOTAM area.
The firing area seems to have been chosen so as to minimise the
chances of debris falling anywhere other than in the ocean or North
America, which could lend credence to the idea that the intercept is
primarily aimed at safeguarding the satellite's technology. (R)
Jack Linthicum
wrote:
Second zone day later
New NOTAM issued for the same period
24 hours later.....similar track...similar
acquisition time so they have ignored the
1330 GMT shot & are keeping daylight attempts.
02/067 (A0708/08) - AIRSPACE
STATIONARY RESERVATION WITHIN
AN AREA BNDD BY 3145N/17012W
2824N/16642W 2352N/16317W
1909N/16129W 1241N/16129W
1239N/16532W 1842N/17057W
2031N/17230W 2703N/17206W SFC-UNL.
22 FEB 02:30 2008 UNTIL 22 FEB 05:00
2008. CREATED: 19 FEB 12:30 2008
Compared to
02/061 (A0693/08) - AIRSPACE
STATIONARY RESERVATION WITHIN
AN AREA BNDD BY 3145N 17012W
2824N 16642W 2352N 16317W
1909N 16129W 1241N 16129W
1239N 16532W 1842N 17057W
2031N 17230W 2703N 17206W SFC-UNL.
21 FEB 02:30 2008 UNTIL 21 FEB 05:00
2008. CREATED: 18 FEB 12:50 2008
ebe
wrote:
Hi,
A good night for transformation spell casting...
Jack Linthicum
wrote:
Second zone, in case the last try didn't work
New NOTAM issued for the same period
24 hours later.....similar track...similar
acquisition time so they have ignored the
1330 GMT shot & are keeping daylight attempts.
02/067 (A0708/08) - AIRSPACE
STATIONARY RESERVATION WITHIN
AN AREA BNDD BY 3145N/17012W
2824N/16642W 2352N/16317W
1909N/16129W 1241N/16129W
1239N/16532W 1842N/17057W
2031N/17230W 2703N/17206W SFC-UNL.
22 FEB 02:30 2008 UNTIL 22 FEB 05:00
2008. CREATED: 19 FEB 12:30 2008
Compared to
02/061 (A0693/08) - AIRSPACE
STATIONARY RESERVATION WITHIN
AN AREA BNDD BY 3145N 17012W
2824N 16642W 2352N 16317W
1909N 16129W 1241N 16129W
1239N 16532W 1842N 17057W
2031N 17230W 2703N 17206W SFC-UNL.
21 FEB 02:30 2008 UNTIL 21 FEB 05:00
2008. CREATED: 18 FEB 12:50 2008
Eugene Griessel
>New NOTAM issued for the same period
>24 hours later.....similar track...similar
>acquisition time so they have ignored the
>1330 GMT shot & are keeping daylight attempts.
Aha! Aegis only works in daylight!
Eugene L Griessel
People will believe anything if you whisper it.
- I usually post only from Sci.Military.Naval -
Jack Linthicum
Backlighting? Proper sun for your close up Mr. Gable?
La N
"Eugene Griessel" <eugene@dynagen..co..za> wrote in message
news:47bb2379...@news.uunet.co.za...
> Jack Linthicum <jackli...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>New NOTAM issued for the same period
>>24 hours later.....similar track...similar
>>acquisition time so they have ignored the
>>1330 GMT shot & are keeping daylight attempts.
>
> Aha! Aegis only works in daylight!
>
[Eugene madly scribbling down State secrets]
Jack Linthicum
> "Eugene Griessel" <eugene@dynagen..co..za> wrote in message
>
> news:47bb2379...@news.uunet.co.za...
>
>
> >>New NOTAM issued for the same period
> >>24 hours later.....similar track...similar
> >>acquisition time so they have ignored the
> >>1330 GMT shot & are keeping daylight attempts.
>
> > Aha! Aegis only works in daylight!
>
> [Eugene madly scribbling down State secrets]
Actually he gets clandestine email from the source, a blog that posted
the lunar eclipse info. My local paper has a headline about the
impending eclipse, in today's edition.
La N
"Jack Linthicum" <jackli...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:4f484539-0920-437a...@s12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
Hey, we're talking about a guy who gets excited about news from Koos ...;p
Eugene Griessel
The day Koos pulbishes anything that is a reasonable facsimile of news
I'd get excited.
Eugene L Griessel
Science has proof without any certainty.
Creationists have certainty without any proof.
Jim Yanik
news:47bc49a4...@news.uunet.co.za:
would you be referrring to the Daily KOS?
--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net
Jack Linthicum
> "La N" <nilita2004NOS...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >"Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthi...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
I think I mentioned this earlier, very large waves on the North Shore
of Oahu, usually (Hawaiian for always) means storms in the North
Pacific. I am still working on the concept of a heat seeking missile
that will not explode trying to hit an object that has been in cold
space for 14 months. Now its two missiles, used to be three (ne?)
And the idea is to destroy the satellite before it is consumed in the
earth's atmosphere?
Weather may delay satellite shot
High Seas Could Delay Navy's Attempt to Shoot Down U.S. Satellite
ROBERT BURNS
AP News
Feb 20, 2008 10:16 EST
High seas in the north Pacific may force the Navy to wait another day
before launching a heat-seeking missile on a mission to shoot down a
wayward U.S. spy satellite, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
Weather conditions are one of many factors that U.S. military officers
are taking into account as they decide whether to proceed with the
mission Wednesday or to put it off, according to a senior military
officer who briefed reporters at the Pentagon on condition that he not
be identified.
The officer said the assumption had been that the mission would go
forward Wednesday night, unless conditions are determined to be
unfavorable. Earlier in the day, bad weather in the north Pacific was
causing high seas, which may be a problem for the USS Lake Erie, a
cruiser armed with two SM-3 missiles.
"We don't anticipate the weather being good enough today," the officer
said, adding that conditions could improve enough in the hours ahead
to permit it to go forward. A final decision would be made by Defense
Secretary Robert Gates.
The Pentagon had been waiting until the space shuttle Atlantis
returned to Earth before launching the missile.
"We're now into the window," the senior military officer said minutes
after the shuttle landed at 9:07 a.m. EST.
He said the mission could go forward on any day until Feb. 29, when
the satellite is projected to have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere,
making it infeasible to attempt to hit it with the Navy missile.
Eugene Griessel
>> >>> > Aha! Aegis only works in daylight!
>High Seas Could Delay Navy's Attempt to Shoot Down U.S. Satellite
Aha! Standards can't handle rough seas. Maybe neither can Aegis!
Abdul, we attack at night during a storm!
tankfixer
says...
> Jack Linthicum <jackli...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >> >>> > Aha! Aegis only works in daylight!
>
> >High Seas Could Delay Navy's Attempt to Shoot Down U.S. Satellite
>
> Aha! Standards can't handle rough seas. Maybe neither can Aegis!
> Abdul, we attack at night during a storm!
Hee hee hee.
Silly Arab's....
;')