Tag: satellite
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obama’s lobbyists, lies & airstrikes (do you get it, yet?!)
obama’s hypocrisy for raytheon:#2 at dod worked for military-industrial complexfrom youtube: Obama has already U-turned on a new policy of not allowing lobbyists in his administration to work with issues they have lobbied on in the past. However, just two days after stating his policy, he is already made an exception to his own rule…
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secret satellite mission feeds spacewar worries
from danger room: An American missile-warning satellite has died, more than 22,000 miles up. So now, the U.S. is sending a pair of mini-spacecraft on a top secret operation to investigate, Craig Covault reports for Spaceflight Now. If the mission is successful, analysts say, it’ll have a global impact. Because the same technologies used to…
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oregon eyes taxing vehicles per mile by satellite
from albany democrat herald: A year ago, the Oregon Department of Transportation announced it had demonstrated that a new way to pay for roads – via a mileage tax and satellite technology – could work. Now Gov. Ted Kulongoski says he’d like the legislature to take the next step. As part of a transportation-related bill…
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spy sat shootdown lies, ‘surveillence in a box’ & vidal
contradiction on spy satellite shootdown explanationfrom usnews: When the Pentagon ordered a Navy ship to shoot down a crippled U.S. spy satellite last February, it claimed the operation was necessary to prevent a harmful fuel from being dispersed in the atmosphere. At the time, critics charged that the Bush administration was using the toxic fuel…
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military satellites to spy on domestic disasters
from raw replay: MSNBC’s Alex Witt talked to Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff about a new proposal by the Bush administration to use satellites for domestic surveillance. Isikoff told MSNBC, “The Homeland Security Department is talking about expanding the program to use military satellites really, for domestic purposes. They say the primary driver is natural disasters -…
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pentagon says satellite shootdown a success
update: spy satellite blast caught on tape navy missile hits satellite, pentagon saysfrom washington post: A missile fired from a Navy cruiser in the Pacific Ocean hit an out-of-control spy satellite falling toward Earth last night, Pentagon officials said. They said that a single SM-3 missile fired from the USS Lake Erie hit the satellite…
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US ‘to shoot down spy satellite’
from bbc: The US military is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite due to crash land on Earth in the next few weeks, US news agency AP reports. Pentagon officials are quoted as saying they want to fire a missile from a US Navy ship to destroy the satellite before it enters the…
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satellites, chavez, rfid & army ranger coke sting
broken US spy satellite could fall to earth from time: A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday. The satellite, which can no longer be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it…