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Old 2008-02-14, 04:38 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by ScottyS View Post
Didn't we have something in the 80's that could be launched from an F-15 that would do this job? Shouldn't be a big deal.....except that if they fail it will look real bad since China proved they could do it already.....

edit: yeah, MikeK got it in his link
Since that system is essentially air-to-air, and since the F15 can launch the missile at 60,000 ft and mach 2, shooting a satellite doesn't sound all that hard. It was the ship born launch of a "modified" SAM that struck me as something that would still be classified.
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