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Nice shooting — missle blows up broken spy satellite on the first shot

Well, whether you support the long-running, multi-trillion dollar "Star Wars Missile Defense Project," or whatever the recent name is for it, you've got to admit that satellite "kill" was some mighty good shooting, as my Western writer friends might say.

Friends and foes alike are saying it lends credibility to the much maligned incredibly expensive project from the 1980s. But critics point out there would be a major difference between the carefully planned and executed missile shot which brought down the satellite and the sudden appearance of an in-coming real-time missile tipped with a nuclear warhead.

Still, I'm impressed with the success of this adventure. The cost was extremely high (something around $60 million from what I was able to find), and critics suggest the "danger" of that toxic fuel upon normal reentry into the atmosphere was negligible. Made for some good footage, though.

Of course, Defense Department footage of the shoot-down was all we have. Are we really sure they didn't use the old "Wag the Dog" green-screen trick? (Did the U.S. REALLY land people on the Moon back in the 1960s-1970s, or ... ?)
[tags]satellite shot down, missile defense system, Defense Department, just a guy who reads the papers[/tags]