Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3832-1005358147-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 09 Nov 2001 18:10:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 17132 invoked by uid 510); 10 Nov 2001 02:08:05 -0000 Received: from n27.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.77) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 10 Nov 2001 02:08:05 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3832-1005358147-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [10.1.4.54] by n27.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 10 Nov 2001 02:09:08 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 10 Nov 2001 02:09:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 51028 invoked from network); 10 Nov 2001 02:09:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.167) by m10.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 10 Nov 2001 02:09:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Nov 2001 02:09:07 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fAA29QJ11018 for iwar@onelist.com; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 18:09:26 -0800 Message-Id: <200111100209.fAA29QJ11018@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 18:09:25 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] fyi (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here's a claim that military optical satellites have a resolution of 10 cm. Radar is about 12" Satellite War over Yugoslavia and Afghanistan Dubya might be new to the job but he had some experience to draw on. The air war on Yugoslavia dramatically highlighted changes in contemporary warfare: the importance of cooperative regional allies, the grave repercussions of a bombing mistake such as the destruction of the Chinese consulate. Space Today Online's summary of the satellite networks hovering overhead really brings the technological changes and requirements into focus. Some four dozen satellites from nearly two dozen different nations were used in "the largest armada of spacecraft ever brought to bear on a single war in history". We so much take for granted the role of satellites in peaceful tasks that we have to appreciate their role in less friendly engagements. Read more about each type of bird and what it did in Yugoslavia and what it can do in Afghanistan. http://www.spacetoday.org/Satellites/YugoWarSats.html ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Universal Inkjet Refill Kit $29.95 Refill any ink cartridge for less! Includes black and color ink. http://us.click.yahoo.com/E11sED/MkNDAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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