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To: Elsewhere who wrote (71510)	2/5/2003 5:18:54 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

>>But we detected one of Iraq's newest UAVs in a test flight that went 500 kilometers nonstop on autopilot in the race track pattern depicted here. Not only is this test well in excess of the 150 kilometers that the United Nations permits, the test was left out of Iraq's December 7th declaration. The UAV was flown around and around and around in a circle. And so, that its 80 kilometer limit really was 500 kilometers unrefueled and on autopilot, violative of all of its obligations under 1441.<< This testimony, and the supporting satellite image and overlay diagram, would tend to indicate that the US has Iraq under surveillance via geosynchronous satellite(s). I was under the impression that we only had transitory satellite imaging capability. Edit: I see that Defense Support Program satellites in geosynchronous orbit can use heat sensing technology to track missiles. fas.org