Any country can be a target:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/story/2011-09-17/nasa-satellite-debris/50439656/1

I think previously it happened several times in some european cities. In the last 2 years it happened numerous times over central asia.

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Mandtugai!

Been going on for awhile.

Kosmos 954

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Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Albert Einstein

Old proverb. Whatever goes up has to come down, unless it achieves escape velocity. All satellites in LEO will eventually re-enter the atmosphere but most are small enough to completely burn up in the atmosphere.

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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

But today space junk is out of control. Just a few years ago american and russian satellites collided in orbited which means orbital traffic is following big cities situation. I heard even some sizable unit of american army telescope unit tracks space junk to protect nasa property plus own military properties out there. I guess it is very unique waste management organization is evolving in the unique situation.

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Mandtugai!