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Expensive U.S. Spy Satellite Not Working
Penguinshit writes to mention a Reuters article about some trouble the U.S. is having communicating with a spy satellite. The sensor package was launched last year by the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, and is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. It has apparently hung in a low orbit for months now, and efforts to communicate with it have been unsuccessful. From the article: "The official said the problems were substantial and involved multiple systems, adding that U.S. officials were working to reestablish contact with the satellite because of the importance of the new technology it was meant to test and demonstrate. The other source said the satellite had been described to him as 'a comprehensive failure.' There was no suggestion by either of the sources that the satellite had been purposely damaged as part of a terrorist attack. Another government official said he had no information about any attacks on U.S. satellites."
Given the extent which the US is attempting to provoke Iran into war (including Bush's recent address), would anybody be surprised if this was publically blamed on Iran? With the latest build-up of forces in the Gulf, the raid on a consular office in Iraq, all they need now is a reason (other than WMD crap we've all heard before) to convince the US public. Perhaps this is the beginning.
Don't be fooled by the 20k troop "surge" that probably won't accomplish much. The real action to come could very well be be on the eastern shores of the Gulf.
Have you stopped beating your wife?
"Moderate drinking can help prevent amputated limbs" -- Abigail Zuger, NYTimes, 12/31/02
It was 1968, not 1972. Get it?
And it is only in the US army you can get away with a few years of prison for killing a hundred "gooks." Gz with a great miliary! Be proud!