Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks about the effects of the satellite shoot down with Pentagon pool reporters

Sec. Gates says that a U.S. military mission to shoot down a broken satellite with a tactical missile has drawn attention and understanding to the missile defense program. (0:36)
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks with pool reporters about sharing missile defense information with other countries during his trip in Hawaii

Sec. Gates says that the Pentagon shared information and gave prior notice before shooting down a defunct U.S. satellite with a modified surface-to-air missile from the U.S. missile defense arsenal. He says that the U.S. will share missile defense information with other countries when appropriate. (0:28)
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks with pool reporters about missile defense during his trip in Hawaii

Sec. Gates speaks about how U.S. missile defense systems have been proven and that the Defense Department budget supports improving capability. (0:37)
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General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff explains the size of satellite debris after being hit by a tactical missile, during a press briefing at the Pentagon

Gen. Cartwright describes the size and nature of debris created when a broken spy satellite was hit by a tactical missile shot from a Navy ship on Wednesday. (0:14)
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General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks about analysis of debris created by a missile shot on a broken satellite, during a briefing at the Pentagon

Gen. Cartwright explains the next steps in the military's analysis of debris created by a direct hit on a broken reconnaissance satellite by a missile fired on Wednesday. (0:44)
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General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks about the destruction of a defunct satellite by a missile during a briefing at the Pentagon

Gen. James Cartwright speaks about the evidence the military has the the fuel tank of a defunct spy satellite has been destroyed by a missile launched at this on Wednesday. (0:47)
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Admiral Timothy Keating, Commander of Pacific Command, speaks about the significance of the missile launch during a briefing with the traveling Pentagon press pool on Hickam Air Base in Hawaii

The Department of Defense and specifically the crew of the USS Lake Erie successfully launched a surface-to-air missile and intercepted a defunct spy satellite as it de-orbited at about 10:26 EST on Wednesday. Before the launch Adm. Keating met with the traveling Pentagon press pool and spoke about the operation. (0:19)
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Admiral Timothy Keating, Commander of Pacific Command, speaks about possible outcomes of the missile launch during a briefing with the traveling Pentagon press pool on Hickam Air Base in Hawaii

The Department of Defense and specifically the crew of the USS Lake Erie successfully launched a surface-to-air missile and intercepted a defunct spy satellite as it de-orbited at about 10:26 EST on Wednesday. Before the launch Adm. Keating met with the traveling Pentagon press pool and spoke about the operation. (0:52)
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Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell speaks about plans to shoot down a defunct spy satellite during a press conference at the Pentagon.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell explains the window of opportunity to for shooting down a defunct U.S. spy satellite and gives a rough idea of how events surrounding the shoot down will proceed. (1:10)
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Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell answers a question about plans to shoot down a defunct spy satellite during a press conference at the Pentagon.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell emphasizes that the military's plans to shoot down a defunct spy satellite are not designed to test U.S. missile defense system, but confront the threat posed by the satellite leaving orbit. (0:54)
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General Carter Ham, director of operations for the Joint Staff, speaks about U.S. decision to shoot a defunct satellite with a missile during a press briefing at the Pentagon

Gen. Ham speaks about the risks that prompted the U.S. decision to attempt to engage a broken reconnaissance satellite with a tactical missile. (1:03)
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General Carter Ham, director of operations for the Joint Staff, speaks about U.S. military plans to shoot a defunct satellite with a missile during a press briefing at the Pentagon

General Carter Ham, of the Joint Staff, explains the primary objectives of a U.S. military mission to shoot down a reconnaissance satellite with a tactical missile. (0:50)
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General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says that a disintigrating spy satellite is of no intelligence value after it returns to earth

Gen. Cartwright says that once a disintegrating reconnaissance satellite reenters the earth's atmosphere it will be of no intelligence value. (0:19)
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General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explains the risks of a disintegrating satellite reentering the atmosphere undeterred

Gen. Cartwright says that the military's attempt to intercept a disintegrating satellite via tactical missile will not make th situation involving the risk of the satellite's reentry worse. (0:42)
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General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff explains the process of intercepting a satellite via tactical missile

Gen. Cartwright explains the goals of shooting a tactical missile at a disintegrating reconnaissance satellite, which is about to reenter earth's atmosphere.  The Pentagon announced earlier that it will shoot down the satellite to mitigate risks to people  that could be caused by propellant on the satellite. (0:57)
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