Steeljaw Scribe

At the end of a very long day/night for YHS (that has stretched into the bright new dawn…):

American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2008 - A network of land-, air-, sea- and spaced-based sensors confirms that the U.S. military intercepted a non-functioning National Reconnaissance Office satellite which was in its final orbits before entering [...]

UPDATE: 20 Feb (21 Feb UTC) MARK INDIA - all indications intercept successful  .  More to follow…
In the 24 hours since the press conference   announcing the decision to use a special modification of the Aegis BMD/SM-3 system to mitigate risk from the failed NRO satellite, reaction across the ‘verse (net) has been, well, predictable:
“It’s [...]