Navy Claims Successful Strike on Dead Spy Bird

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Originally Posted by Elspode

They said they hit it. It will take some time to know if they nailed the nearly full hydrazine tank which was the stated reason for spending tens of millions of dollars to knock it out in the first place.

Meanwhile the real reason for that strike is not about hydrazine. As soon as the USA 193 bird enters the atmosphere and makes the slightest hole in that hydrazine tank, then hydrazine is no a problem. Hydrazine is simply a fuel used to maneuver satellites. A fuel easilyl destroyed by heat during reentry. But this experimental spy satellite would contain numerous ultra secret optical technologies. If the bird enters intact, then many ultra secret components land on earth intact.

Rumors persist of another American satellite that landed in an unknown Middle East nation. Rumors also exist of covert American military operations to find parts that survived.

What is the possibility of that satellite coming down in a wrong country? 5%? A complete disaster for a secret bird. A bird in small pieces means those parts should not survive intact. Hydrazine, so obviously, was only a cover story.