NOTE TO STUDENTS: This article is a bit confusing.  If you can understand the main idea, you're way ahead of many adults.  Then the next article you read about this event will be clearer to you.  Don't give up if something seems too hard or uninteresting to you.  It is important for American citizens to know what is going on in this area.

1.  a) What is the Pentagon planning on destroying in space in the coming days?
b)  What will the Pentagon use to do so?

2.  Why is the Pentagon destroying the failed satellite if this action will alert China to the capability of American ASATs? Be specific.

3.  For what purpose was the soon to be destroyed satellite launched for?

4.  What will happen to the debris from the destroyed satellite?

5.  How did the results from China's 2007 test of an ASAT weapon differ from the expected results of the U.S.'s upcoming use of an ASAT?