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Subject: Re: Spy Satellites Again
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Date: 6 May 88 16:45:33 GMT
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#include comments about space junk

I would doubt they're using visuals for this task.  Good enough radars can
pick up small objects, but they can shine the radar equivilent of a flashlight
up there to help look.  You can't do that when you're looking at the
ground and you don't want people to know what you're looking at.

James Moore				| Nil aon fhocal maith le cur sios
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