Social networking enabled rogue satellite shootdown
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"Operation Burnt Frost," last year's shootdown of a rogue spy satellite, was a marvelous advertisement for the capabilities of the U.S. military's Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system. But according to the deputy chief of U.S. Strategic Command's Knowledge Transfer Office, the mission was also a triumph of social networking. According to an internal STRATCOM newsletter, social networking tools enabled planners to find the right people with the right expertise as the satellite hurtled toward re-entry.