Operation Burnt Frost

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Operation Burnt Frost was the code name given to the military operation to intercept and destroy a non-functioning U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite named USA-193. The launch occurred on 20 February, 2008 at approximately 10:26 p.m. EST from the USS Lake Erie, which used a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) to shoot down the satellite. Only a few minutes after launch, the SM-3 intercepted its target and successfully completed its mission, by neutralizing the potential dangers the rogue satellite originally imposed. While the threat was mitigated, Operation Burnt Frost has received much scrutiny from other countries, mainly China and Russia.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 551104797X
• ISBN13: 9785511047973
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"