04-01-2011, 07:06 PM
US, Germany developing secret spy satellites: cables 03 Jan 2011 Germany and the United States are jointly developing secret spy satellites under the guise of a commercial programme despite opposition from France, leaked US diplomatic cables showed Monday. The project, named HiROS, envisions the construction of an undetermined number of high-resolution observation satellites capable of spotting any object on the planet down to a size of just 50 centimetres (about 1.5 feet), according to classified cables from US embassy in Berlin leaked to WikiLeaks and obtained by Norwegian daily Aftenposten.
I thought we already had many satellites and other forms of airborne photo detection whose resolution was far better than that and some of which offered near-real-time linkage.
I thought we already had many satellites and other forms of airborne photo detection whose resolution was far better than that and some of which offered near-real-time linkage.
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