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From: allen@mmm.UUCP (Kurt Allen)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Destroy SPOT with an ASAT?
Message-ID: <620@mmm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 11:29:19 EST
Article-I.D.: mmm.620
Posted: Mon Mar 17 11:29:19 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 21-Mar-86 06:36:34 EST
References: <364@vger.UUCP>
Reply-To: allen@mmm.UUCP (Kurt Allen)
Organization: 3M Company, St. Paul, Minn.
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Keywords: SPOT, ASAT

In article <364@vger.UUCP> al@vger.UUCP ( Informatix) writes:
>The French recently orbited the SPOT earth resources satellite with a
> ...
>RUMOUR has it that there has been
>some discussion in the Pentagon about destroying SPOT with an ASAT
>should SPOT detect 'sensitive' military information ...

I hope people will read the 'RUMOUR' disclaimer. Could I ask where
you heard this ? Please don't interpret this as sarcasm, but as this
rumour is somewhat scandalous, I would like to know if there is any
evidence to substantiate it, or if it is purely rumour/conjecture.