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Sep 3 2019 09:38am
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"One photograph", from which amateurs were not only able to determine which satellite it was, but the time of day the image was taken, the image quality our satellites are capable of, and the fact that they are able to now counteract atmospheric interference. If "amateurs" are able to do this, what do you think professionals in foreign intelligence agencies will be able to do?




You and NPR "assume" that's what the amateurs did.

1. If the amateurs are right, we move the satellite. No loss.
2. If the amateurs are wrong, then the NPR article actually helps us. No loss.

If you are right, you get to further "orange man bad". If you are wrong, you get to further "orange man bad". Not very patriotic my friend.

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Sep 3 2019 09:53am


According to Business Insider, the info has been out on the K-11 satellites since the 70's.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tweet-photo-usa-224-advanced-spy-satellite-2019-9

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n the late 1970s, the former CIA employee William Kampiles was sentenced to 40 years in prison for espionage after he stole an instruction manual for the KH-11 satellites and sold it to the Soviets. In the 1980s, Samuel L. Morison, a Navy intelligence analyst, was sentenced to prison time for leaking three classified KH-11 photos to the press.




So, as I stated a cpl times already... this is yet another nothing-burger.
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Sep 3 2019 10:05am
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According to Business Insider, the info has been out on the K-11 satellites since the 70's.

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tweet-photo-usa-224-advanced-spy-satellite-2019-9





So, as I stated a cpl times already... this is yet another nothing-burger.


Would it be a "nothingburger" if Obama did this? This literally compromises NTM sources and methods.

Now, is it legal for Trump (or ANY president) to do this? Yes.
Is it a monumentally stupid mishandling of classified information (again, this applies to ANY president)? Also Yes.
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Sep 3 2019 10:13am


In the 70's someone stole an instruction manual for the K-11 and sold it to the soviets. Technical secrets are out, 50 years ago.

Is releasing the photo a bad move... not really... the information has been out for a looooong time.



Is your getting all worked up about this, your way of slamming Trump for yet another nothing burger... YES !!!
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Sep 3 2019 10:29am
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In the 70's someone stole an instruction manual for the K-11 and sold it to the soviets. Technical secrets are out, 50 years ago.

Is releasing the photo a bad move... not really... the information has been out for a looooong time.



Is your getting all worked up about this, your way of slamming Trump for yet another nothing burger... YES !!!


Dodge.
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Sep 3 2019 10:33am
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Dodge.



Releasing a photo that MAY lead to discovery of information that was leaked 50 years ago, is a nothing burger.

Let's TRY to stick to the facts bro.
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Sep 3 2019 10:37am
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Releasing a photo that MAY lead to discovery of information that was leaked 50 years ago, is a nothing burger.

Let's TRY to stick to the facts bro.


TIL the optics in a old platform spy satellite cannot ever be upgraded.

Dodge again.
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Sep 3 2019 10:42am
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TIL the optics in a old platform spy satellite cannot ever be upgraded.

Dodge again.




In the 70's we had a RADAR in Florida that could read a license plate on the moon. The stuff civilians see is already old news.
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Sep 3 2019 11:01am
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In the 70's we had a RADAR in Florida that could read a license plate on the moon. The stuff civilians see is already old news.


RADAR isn't an optical tech (insofar as actual imaging is concerned - it utilizes reflections of radio waves to simulate an image pattern, and would never be able to produce an image like the one in question here)

This post was edited by Surfpunk on Sep 3 2019 11:03am
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Sep 3 2019 11:04am
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RADAR isn't an optical tech.


Quote (Ghot @ Sep 3 2019 11:42am)
In the 70's we had a RADAR in Florida that could read a license plate on the moon. The stuff civilians see is already old news.


i think we finally figured out what Ghot's problem is, he reads using radio waves.
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