US Navy missile shoots down spy satellite
A Missile on Thursday launched from an American navy cruiser has successfully hit dying an inoperable U.S. spy satellite orbiting about 150 miles above Earth. The missile was launched by U.S. navy successfully & destroy the target which was a spy satellite coming to the earth.
The goal in this first of its kind mission for the Navy was not just to hit the satellite but to destroy a tank aboard the spacecraft carrying 450 kg of a toxic fuel called hydrazine. The fuel would pose a potential health hazard to humans if it landed in any populated area of the earth.
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