In February 2008, the United States used a ship-launched missile to destroy the crippled U.S. spy satellite USA-193.
The 2008 U.S. antisatellite demonstration that destroyed USA 193 created 174 pieces of tracked debris, and the last of those pieces reentered 1.7 years later, based on data compiled by the Secure World Foundation.
The United States destroyed the USA 193 satellite in February 2008 using a modified ship-based SM-3 missile in a test called Operation Burnt Frost.