Secret Satellite Launched Today

[Dirtybird12]

<span class="mainarttxt"><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14916814.htm" target="_self"><font size="3">A classified satellite</font></a><font size="3"> for the National Reconnaissance Office was launched Tuesday night from the California coast, leaving a thin trail in the twilight.</font></span><font size="3"> <br /><br /><span class="mainarttxt">The Boeing Delta 4 rocket blasted off at 8:30 p.m. The purpose of the mission was not revealed, but the National Reconaissance Office builds and manages the nation's spy satellites.</span> <br /><br /><span class="mainarttxt">It was the first West Coast launch for the Delta 4 rocket, which has been launched five times from Cape Canaveral, Fla. At 20 stories high, it was the tallest rocket launched from Vandenberg.</span> <br /></font><br />

[Dirtybird12]

I wonder if this has anything to do with Korea. This satellite will shoot down their test missle with a crazy lazer beam

[Furtherman]

<p>If Korea was to launch a missle, the only U.S. town they could hit would be Nome, Alaska.</p><p>But, get this, we have &quot;anti-missile&quot; missiles on the west coast ready to shoot to them down.&nbsp; BUT these missiles have FAILED every guidance and comprehensive tracking test.&nbsp; SO, people of Nome, Alaska, you're screwed.&nbsp; Oh, and so are we as taxpayers.&nbsp; It costs us millions of dollars every year to shovel off snow on top of the bunker's hatches.&nbsp; </p><p>It's most likely another spy satellite.&nbsp; </p>

[A.J.]

<p><strong><font size="1">Secret Satellite Launched Today</font></strong> </p><p>Well now you ruined the secret! <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/tongue.gif" border="0" /></p>

[mendyweiss]

<img height="835" src="http://x-files.hobby.lv/images/small/large/photo9.jpg" width="537" border="0" />Mr Circus Freak, we would like you to get in the car please

[Don Stugots]

will it help to make XM's signal better?

[A.J.]

<strong>Furtherman</strong> wrote:<br /><p>If Korea was to launch a missle, the only U.S. town they could hit would be Nome, Alaska.</p><p>But, get this, we have &quot;anti-missile&quot; missiles on the west coast ready to shoot to them down.&nbsp; BUT these missiles have FAILED every guidance and comprehensive tracking test.&nbsp; SO, people of Nome, Alaska, you're screwed.&nbsp; Oh, and so are we as taxpayers.&nbsp; It costs us millions of dollars every year to shovel off snow on top of the bunker's hatches.&nbsp; </p><p>It's most likely another spy satellite.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://www.sabcnews.com/world/north_america/0,2172,129889,00.html" target="_self"><em>USS Shiloh</em> has successful missile&nbsp;test.</a></p>

[Furtherman]

<strong>A.J.</strong> wrote:<br /><blockquote /><p><a href="http://www.sabcnews.com/world/north_america/0,2172,129889,00.html" target="_self"><em>USS Shiloh</em> has successful missile&nbsp;test.</a></p><p>I'm talking about the ground based missiles.&nbsp; That is excellent news that our Navy can intercept one of these missile, but one&nbsp;ship or even all the Pacific based ships that are fitted with these missiles&nbsp;, could get all of them.&nbsp; </p>

[A.J.]

I couldn't help myself.&nbsp; I had to plug my ships.

[high fly]

<p><em><font size="3"><strong>SECRET SATELLITE?</strong></font></em></p><p><strong><em><font size="3" /></em></strong></p><p><font size="2">There goes the mainstream media again disclosing secrets to the terrists....</font></p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>Fuck North Korea and Iran. If they ever launched a rocket at a US city, they're entire country would be a parking lot the next day. What's more worrisome to me is them passing a device onto a terrorist group, which then delivers it in a shipping container. But then again, if they did that I'm sure we'd treat that the same as a missile launch and again, turn their country into a parking lot. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Anyone interested on a good summer read on the subject, check out &quot;The One Percent Solution&quot; by Ron Suskind.&nbsp; Here's a<a href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2006/06/28" target="_self" title="link"> link</a> with an interview with the author. Good book, but scary stuff. <br /></p>