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Satellite Access in Time of War

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fractional-T-1-just-not-cutting-it dept.

miladus writes "Interesting report in the Washington Post this morning about how the Pentagon is buying access to commercial satellites to meet its bandwidth needs. Most of the commercial access will be used for backup to the military satellites and for non-military tasks. And the Pentagon has to compete on the market with all the news organizations trying to cover the conflict in Iraq."

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  1. Re:/. is PRO GWB!!! by mrtroy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    /. is international.

    GWB is not my leader, and I wont "pray" for him or his people.

    I will not protest him either, I may not agree with GWB's techniques and impatience, however I do not think anyone could prove that Saddam is not a murderer, plague and parasite to Iraq.

    The people of Iraq will probably have a lot of stories to tell about him and his evilness once he is gone, and they dont risk their families being tortured by saying it.

    --
    [I can picture a world without war, without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it]