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From: TimF	8/21/2008 3:29:46 PM
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Spy Sat Sharpshooter Apparently Now On The Front Lines ... And to end on a good note, it's great news that we got to give our DSP early warning satellites a live-fire workout. These are the birds that give us the tripwire alert for ballistic missile launches: More than one DSP is used to monitor that region of the Middle East and it is likely data from the Iranian launch obtained from at least two DSPs are being analyzed. U.S. signal intelligence and imaging spacecraft also monitored preparations for the launch. It's one thing to test our DSP's by tracking our own target missiles during flight tests, quite another to get the rare opportunity to track actual enemy hardware launched from enemy territory. Nice. That'll come in handy when they really start throwing heavy stuff. ... perfunction.typepad.com

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