US: Broken satellite will be shot down
WASHINGTON - President Bush has ordered the Pentagon to use a Navy missile to attempt to destroy a broken U.S. spy satellite � and thereby minimize the risk to humans from its toxic fuel � by intercepting it just before it re-enters the atmosphere, officials said Thursday.
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The effort � the first of its kind � will be undertaken because of the potential that people in the area where the satellite would otherwise crash could be harmed, the officials said.
