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>But Carter, according to Kraft, had just returned from Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) in Vienna, and he had spoken with the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezh
by rl3 4y ago
>But Carter, according to Kraft, had just returned from Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) in Vienna, and he had spoken with the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev, about how the United States was going to be able to fly the shuttle over Moscow continuously to ensure they were compliant with the agreements.
Assuming this was 1972, the United States had several generations of image reconnaissance satellites in orbit at the time.[0]
The shuttle made a good cover story I suppose.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office#GEOINT_imaging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office...
- CalChris 4y ago> Assuming this was 1972 Carter was inaugurated President on January 20, 1977.
- rl3 4y agoWhoops, minor detail! Caffeine was not kind today.. Correction: The SALT II agreement was reached in June, 1979 and I believe that’s the correct period of time for the paragraph I quoted above. It’s worth noting the US had a couple KH-11s already flying at that point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-11_KENNEN#Block_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-11_KENNEN#Block_I