Re: United States to Shoot down it's own Satellite
The Chinese shot one of their own satellites recently to demonstrate a new anti-satellite missile technology. The problem is that the debris did not fall out of the sky, and it left a debris belt that will be dangerous to other satellites and anything flying nearby.
They have actually had to reprogram the American missiles, as they were designed to shoot down Ballistic missiles, and the satellite will be moving nearly twice as fast.
A similar ship with similar missiles was recently anchored in Haifa harbor coordinating with the Israeli anti-ballistic missle system. To really shoot down incoming missiles however it takes two or three AEGIS equipped ships to accurately track the incoming target.
and, we will probably not be able to see this event as they will do it over the Pacific ocean hundreds of miles off shore.