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- From: kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan)
- Subject: Re: Spy Satellites for the UAE?
- Message-ID: <Bxyv6H.G6q@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
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- Organization: Case Western Reserve University
- References: <BxvFLL.90o@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:06:17 GMT
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- From kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan)
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- In article <BxvFLL.90o@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> Stephen M Jameson <sjameson@fergie.dnet.ge.com> writes:
- >From Stephen M Jameson <sjameson@fergie.dnet.ge.com>
- >
- >I heard on the news this morning a report that the US is considering selling a
- >"Super-Secret Spy Satellite" to the United Arab Emirates. Does anybody know
- >any more details than this? I am primarily interested in the rationale and
- >logistics for such a sale, as I don't expect details of the satellite itself to
- >be available.
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- I could not concieve of selling a top of the line satellite to any
- nation ( except maybe Britian). I would be dubious about even an older
- model. If they were to help out the UAE, I would think it would be in the
- form of selling information. That is, the USA keeps the satellite and
- devotes a small team to spy upon Iraq, Iran, etc for the UAE. The UAE tells
- them what they want looked at, and the team does so. Then, they just give
- the UAE the information, not the technology. It would also be much more cost
- effective, as the UAE would not have to duplicate all the recieving
- stations, computer support, etc.
-
- If for any reason, in the future we loose our "friendly status",
- they can not sell the technology to others.
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