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2005-10-20 Home Front: Politix

US Spy Imagery Agency ? Defends Its Work Against Critics

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Posted by DanNY 2005-10-20 08:15|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 NRO

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-10-20 11:52|| 2005-10-20 11:52|| Front Page Top

#2 List of (major) US Intelligence agencies.

http://www.fas.org/irp/official.html

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-10-20 12:11|| 2005-10-20 12:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like the old Defence Mapping Agency. Get your GPS coordinates right here.

Posted by ed 2005-10-20 12:40|| 2005-10-20 12:40|| Front Page Top

#4 As useful as satellite imagery is it is no substitue for on the ground old fashioned intelligence. And if there where failures in the Gulf this is where it was at. Not in the imagery and intercept areas IMO. Another arguement being used in some quarters is why continue to build and launch spy sats when we can just buy images from a commercial service like SPOT. Which IIRC is run by the freaking French

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-10-20 13:02|| 2005-10-20 13:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Owen Wilson?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-10-20 13:14|| 2005-10-20 13:14|| Front Page Top

#6 Not NRO.

NRO designs/launches/manages imagery satellites.

NGA, formerly NIMA, manages the resulting imagery products but also integrates mapping references, terrain analysis etc. into their interpretation.

Posted by lotp 2005-10-20 13:15|| 2005-10-20 13:15|| Front Page Top

#7 why continue to build and launch spy sats when we can just buy images from a commercial service like SPOT

Why build a Formula 1 race car when Ferrari sells fast vehicles?

Why have secure tactical radios when cell phones work fine most places?

Why ..... LOL

Posted by lotp 2005-10-20 13:17|| 2005-10-20 13:17|| Front Page Top

#8 "#5 Owen Wilson?"

Frank, You really do need to get out more!

Hehehe

Posted by DanNY 2005-10-20 22:07|| 2005-10-20 22:07|| Front Page Top

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