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From: ron@nbisos.UUCP (Ron Schweikert)
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Subject: Re: KAL and SR-71
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Date: Tue, 23-Sep-86 19:38:31 EDT
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> 
>  On another note from what I have heard (admittedly, not authoratative)
> and my recollections of the bamford book the Elint planes don't do
> penetration missons any more. Satelites (sp?) and better recievers allow
> info to be picked up without as much risk. ***the one thing this method
> does not give is info on the radars that are turned on only for short
> range tracking (i.e. when a plane violates airspace). ***

Some people have questioned the mission of the SR-71.  This is one of the
primary ones.  Also station output, frequency, location etc. etc.
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