This might be better in the "off topic" list but the military folks are concerned that high exploding meteors could be mistaken for an atomic attack... we have the technology to tell the difference but others may not (just one more reason to "just say no" to Saddam...).

See the following URL (sorry it's so long!):


http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-asteroid-dangers1003oct03,0,4216424.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dnationworld%2Dheadlines

(And they also seem to confuse "Asteroid Explosions" for meteors...)