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22 Feb 2008, 1:39 pm

Typical Pentagon-Military Industrial Complex speak. They didn't HAVE to shoot it down, they just wanted certain other nations to know that they COULD.
As others have pointed out, this has been possible for awhile, and for certain other nations to protest is ludicrous.


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23 Feb 2008, 2:26 pm

Mr_e wrote:
Is it pure hydrazine that is being used, or a hydrazine derivative? Regardless, the hype around it's toxicity is ridiculous. Yes, it is toxic, but it is also extremely volatile. If the fuel tank broke up during re-entry, you'd never see any of the hydrazine. Even if it didn't break up, the contamination would be localized. Due to the volatility, it would not pose a long-term threat to the environment. Basically, if it lands in your back yard, don't be an idiot by playing with the stuff.

In short, it's a cover-story. More likely reasons range from the classified data/tech previous mentioned here, to a political statement.

Interestingly enough, wikipedia says that "At least one human is known to have died from exposure to hydrazine hydrate." Only one?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrazine


derives above statement from

http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc68.htm


One is too many topic

If that one person were a child, or someone unintentionally exposed to it, then that is still one too many.

Thank you for your information, Mr_e


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23 Feb 2008, 3:29 pm

I'm not sure, but I seem to remember that during WWII, the Germans used Hydrazine as a fuel, and one of their jet tests (not the ME-242, but the little blunt one..;) the hydrazine tank ruptured, dissolving the pilot. But it could have been another chemical...