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US destroys failed spy satellite, eyes future invaders from space
by Matt Hickey on February 21, 2008

 44438948 sm3launch usnavy 203We did it. We shot a potentially dangerous object from orbit around the Earth with a sea-based missle and destroyed it as it plummeted to kill us.

Hear that, Martians? Bring it!

Navy missile hits dying spy satellite, says Pentagon [CNN]

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  • When I first heard about this I totally got overly geeked out excited. It creeped me out when I started reading up about cloverfield and found out that a crashing satellite was what got the monster all pissed off.

    Wasn’t China planning on shooting down any satellite that was above China?

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