A U.S. Navy cruiser blasted a disabled spy satellite with a pinpoint missile strike that achieved the main mission of exploding a tank of toxic fuel 130 miles above the Pacific Ocean, defense officials said.
Excuse me for being a cynic, but this was nothing more than a exercise in practical anti-satellite warfare. Think about this, being able to hit and disable a satellite that is traveling 17,000 mph is a major accomplishment and quite a signal to the world about our capabilities. Now if we could just do the same thing with terrorist we would have it made.
Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end. Oliver Wendell Holmes
