Pentagon to Shoot down Spy Sat

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:14:07 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such
a way as to indicate that:

Hear on the afternoon news, not much detail.
Thought I heard them say will use a missle to knock it down to retain
more control. Jeez now we'll have quite a mess up there. I'm sure
there will be more info shortly......................Doc

You can't "knock down" or "shoot down" a satellite with an
interceptor. They're just going to break it up into smaller pieces,
all of which will enter within a few weeks (faster than the satellite
itself was expected to).