re: #549 MandyManners

Do we have the ability to knock that satellite out of orbit?

Good question, but there’s no need.
And if there had been a satellite, I have no idea whether we have that ability.

…North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command officials issued a statement disputing any success.

“Stage one of the missile fell into the Sea of Japan,” the statement said. “The remaining stages along with the payload itself landed in the Pacific Ocean. No object entered orbit and no debris fell on Japan.”…

North Korea claims satellite in orbit; NORAD says rocket payload at bottom of ocean