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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: Spy Satellites Again
Message-ID: <7850@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 6 May 88 19:21:46 GMT
References: <23855@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1040@marlin.NOSC.MIL> <5102@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <5102@cup.portal.com> doug-merritt@cup.portal.com writes:
>I've seen a multitude of references to the ability to read car
>license plates from orbit.

But what good is reading a license plate that has fallen off a car?