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- From: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
- Subject: Re: Spy Satellites for the UAE?
- Message-ID: <By4Ln0.Czq@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <BxvFLL.90o@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> <Bxyv6H.G6q@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 16:25:48 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
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- From viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)
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- In <Bxyv6H.G6q@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan) writes:
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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.
-
- But the recieving stations and computer support aren't the
- technology, are they? We have video games that are probably more advanced
- than the ground stations. It's the sattelite that's the limiting tech,
- and you can't just grab it and examine it. The catch is that they'll
- know what the resolution of that bird is, but it's already public anyway.
-
- Sell it. Just let the buyer know that if they get us annoyed
- we may decide to "re-program" their eye in the sky for them.
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- < Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu viking@iastate.edu >
- < ISU only censors what I read, not what I say. Don't blame them. >
- < "This isn't an answer, it's a pagan dance around a midnight fire >
- < written in intellectual runes." -- Rich Young >
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