http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080214/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dead_satellite]S: Broken satellite will be shot down (AP)[/URL]



AP - President Bush has ordered the Pentagon to use a Navy missile to attempt to destroy a broken U.S. spy satellite — and thereby minimize the risk to humans from its toxic fuel — by intercepting it just before it re-enters the atmosphere, officials said Thursday.