U.S. thinks its missile struck NRO satellite tank
The U.S. military has “a high degree of confidence” that the Navy Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) fired on the evening of Feb. 20 struck a targeted satellite at its hydrazine fuel tank, and officials believe the toxic fuel load has been broken apart to burn up on deorbit, according to the vice chairman of...
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