This spacecraft will self-destruct in 5, 4, 3, 2...

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review at 13 Oct 2025, 11:59 UTC

During the Cold War, US reconnaissance satellites and their film return capsules did not include self-destruct devices if they reentered off-course. Dwayne Day recounts incidents where intelligence officials may have wished they had.

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• T2This spacecraft will self-destruct in 5, 4, 3, 2...SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review13 Oct 2025, 11:59