U.S. Will Try to Shoot Down Spy Satellite, Carrying Toxic Fuel, Due to Crash Into the Earth...

Taking a page from Hollywood science fiction, the Pentagon said Thursday it will try to shoot down a dying, bus-size U.S. spy satellite loaded with toxic fuel on a collision course with the Earth. The military hopes to smash the satellite as soon as next week &mdashl just before it enters Earth's atmosphere - with a single missile fired from a Navy cruiser in the northern Pacific Ocean.The dramatic maneuver may well trigger international concerns, and U.S. officials have begun notifying other countries of the plan - stressing that it does not signal the start of a new American anti-satellite weapons program.Military and administration officials said the satellite is carrying fuel called hydrazine that could injure or even kill people who are near it when it hits the ground. That reason alone, they said, persuaded President Bush to order the shoot-down.

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