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2016-02-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russia wants to fly over US with advanced digital camera
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Posted by gorb 2016-02-22 13:26|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 Duuudes, they have this thing called Google Earth. It can do everything their plane can do, for a lot less money.

[obligatory objections about sensitive airspaces & elint] That is easy to solve. If they want the really important secrets, they just need to take some cash to washington d.c., hire a few lobbyists from gucci gulch. Better results with a lot less cost.
Posted by nguard 2016-02-22 13:47||   2016-02-22 13:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Open Skies was a Eisenhower initiative.
Posted by Procopius2k 2016-02-22 13:52||   2016-02-22 13:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Bet the Russians already have pretty good satellite imaging.
Posted by rjschwarz 2016-02-22 14:21||   2016-02-22 14:21|| Front Page Top

#4 That was my question; that is what could an aircraft accomplish better than a satellite? Radiological measurements? Infra-red? Doing donuts on the lawn?
Posted by swksvolFF 2016-02-22 15:00||   2016-02-22 15:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Drop an EMP?
Posted by Frank G 2016-02-22 15:25||   2016-02-22 15:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Loiter time over target?
Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-02-22 15:28||   2016-02-22 15:28|| Front Page Top

#7 A lot of Google Earth imagery in the local neighborhood already seems to be from non-sat aerial surveys.

What could a plane do better than a satellite? /me guesses:
It's closer for one thing. Closer means better images, although I've heard rumors of sats reading newspaper headlines in Red Square.
A plane is not limited to satellite orbital time of day restrictions.
A plane could carry ELINT sensors.
You could open the door and pee on the White House.
Posted by SteveS 2016-02-22 15:38||   2016-02-22 15:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Magnetic sensing... Currently done on ourselves via U2s. Not good from space.
Also UV light
Posted by 3dc 2016-02-22 16:34||   2016-02-22 16:34|| Front Page Top

#9 RF imaging at the same freq range as those airport sensors that unzip your DNA would also benefit.

Posted by 3dc 2016-02-22 16:36||   2016-02-22 16:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Figure this is part of the cease fire conditions, so was wondering what could be done.

Ya, Ya, just simply must share all the information.

Needs a snazzy name...Operation Blue Ice.
Posted by swksvolFF 2016-02-22 17:53||   2016-02-22 17:53|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2016-02-22 21:13||   2016-02-22 21:13|| Front Page Top

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