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Re:US Navy X-47B Robot Fighter Jet Completes First Phase Of ... by protomyth on Saturday June 30, 2012 @01:19PM (#4182185)
Uhm, I might be off, but are you thinking of the X-37B?

The US has had satellite shoot down capability for a while.

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Re:US Navy X-47B Robot Fighter Jet Completes First Phase Of ... by breidh on Saturday June 30, 2012 @05:44PM (#4182916)
Sorry, you're right. I was thinking of the x-37.

However, I wasn't aware there was air-to-low-earth-orbit shoot down capability. Only ground launch capability.

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Re:US Navy X-47B Robot Fighter Jet Completes First Phase Of ... by protomyth on Saturday June 30, 2012 @06:02PM (#4182951)
There was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle#An... and http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=35015
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Re:US Navy X-47B Robot Fighter Jet Completes First Phase Of ... by velodrome on Saturday June 30, 2012 @04:55PM (#4182799)
However, disabling (or altering) the satellite without the adversary knowing about it is an even greater advantage.
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