The news story says: The regional Emergency Ministry denied previous unconfirmed reports by local media that the meteorite was shot by the military air defenses. The local newspaper Znak reported the meteorite was intercepted by an air defense unit at the Urzhumka settlement near Chelyabinsk. Quoting a source in the military, it wrote a missile salvo blew the meteorite to pieces at an altitude of 20 kilometers. Regnum news agency quoted a military source who claimed that the vapor condensation trail of the meteorite speaks to the fact that the meteorite was intercepted by air defenses. Witnesses said the explosion was so loud that it seemed like an earthquake and thunder had struck at the same time, and that there were huge trails of smoke across the sky. Others reported seeing burning objects fall to earth. On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
Warren, where did you hear that Russian air defense systems shot it down?
It exploded in the atmosphere just as meteoroids often do.
--Dan
From the USA Today article:
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said the incident showed the need for leading world powers to develop a system to intercept objects falling from space.
"At the moment, neither we nor the Americans have such technologies" to shoot down meteors or asteroids, he said, according to the Interfax news agency. -----
On 2013-02-15, at 11:55 AM, Warren Smith wrote:
Allegedly over 900 sought medical help and a few hospitalized, but nobody killed. Supposedly Russian air defense systems shot it down (!).
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/15/russia-meteorite/1921991...
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