Satellite Takedown: Military Confirms Hit

The stunning image of a Navy missile streaking into outer space at 6000 mph to obliterate an orbiting spy satellite boosts the credibility of missile-defense advocates.

Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGGsGqO8dss

The Pentagon says it is very confident that a spectacular and unprecedented missile strike from a US Navy warship destroyed the toxic fuel tank of a defunct US spy satellite.