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://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/02/15/russia-meteorite/1921991...
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