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Wonder if this can be used over Ukraine/Crimea?
by jdelsman 13y ago
Wonder if this can be used over Ukraine/Crimea?
- vesinisa 13y agoI am pretty certain that's exactly what CIA is doing right now, but using their own spy satellite constellation.
- bsherrill 13y agoGoogle Maps 2.0
- keyhole_downs 13y agoPaid for with Afghan Heroin.
- ceejayoz 13y agoYou wouldn't use drug money for spy satellites, they're happily paid for by Congress. Drug money's for stuff you don't want tied back to the organization - assassinations, corruption, etc.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoThat's right. see: The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade by Alfred W. McCoy for more details.
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- adam_baratz 13y agosomeone is always watching ;)
- anigbrowl 13y agoWe're still flying U-2s, which, along with certain drones, are far better observation platforms for real-time needs.
- daemin 13y agoIt's a mixed bag of emotions, funny, sad, amazed, that the USA is still flying the U2. Which is from the 60's, while the SR-71, the plane meant to replace it has already been decommissioned for over a decade now.
- anigbrowl 13y agoJust FYI, all the U-2s that are flying now were built in the 80s and feature numerous advances over the original generation of U-@s. I agree about the SR-71, I too have a soft spot for that plane. There is rumor of an SR-72 but AFAIK it's still on the drawing board.
- branchan 13y agoYes. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/18/world/europe/kiev-protests-satellite-imagery.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/18/world/europe/k...
- mladenkovacevic 13y agoOh I have a feeling they can do even better than that.