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To: sea_urchin who wrote (59)	1/20/2005 3:22:44 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 418

Re: Hence the need for an hydroacoustic crosscheck. Which you are reluctant to contact the Swiss station about. Indeed, because that Swiss station relies on the following guys to get the data (via a satellite link): dg.navy.mil Now, remember that even you have intimated that, unless one speaks Hebrew(), requesting info from Diego Garcia personnel would be a waste of time... So, tell me, what prompted you to change your mind and believe that the Swiss have been fed with reliable hydroacoustic data by the US Navy? In the same line of thought, did you puzzle out the following snippet (from my post #54)? 3. My request to purchase satellite pictures of the earthquake from digitalglobe.com got this response: "We do not have imagery over the ocean where the tsunami originated. However, we do have imagery over the Asian regions affected by the tsunami with numerous resources available on our website for obtaining or observing this imagery listed below." Isn't it dumbfounding? That outfit, digitalglobe.com (), would supply you with all the pics of Aceh's coastal areas before and after the tsunami... yet, it's impossible for them to dig up satellite pics from the "epicenter" itself --how come? () Message 20949190 () What you need, when you need it, anywhere on earth** DigitalGlobe is building a constellation of high-resolution earth imaging satellites and a comprehensive geo-information product store -- DigitalGlobe.com -- that allows you to quickly access and order a wide variety of imagery and derivative information products, including our 70-centimeter panchromatic and 2.8-meter multispectral imagery--the highest resolution satellite imagery available commercially. All together, our data sources will represent the market's most robust collection of up-to-date spatial information. Anywhere on earth, indeed!

To: sea_urchin who wrote (59)	3/2/2005 11:27:01 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 418

Follow-up to my post #33 (): Also in Southeast Asia, China is pushing to secure the narrow Malacca Strait, which experiences 40% of the world's piracy. As much as 80% of China's oil imports flow through the 630 mile-long strait, which is just 1.5 miles wide at its narrowest point. Like Japan and the US, China is pushing to acquire a national fleet of very large crude carriers, or VLCCs, that could be employed in the case of supply disruptions brought on by an accident or terrorist attack along the Malacca Strait or a US-led blockade during a conflict over Taiwan. Currently, only 10% of China's crude oil imports come aboard Chinese vessels. China's growing anxiety over the security of its oil imports was demonstrated in June 2004, when China conducted its first anti-terror exercise simulating an attack on an oil tanker. China is also looking into bypassing the straits with discussions for a pipeline to Myanmar, as well as possibly Bangladesh, Pakistan or Thailand. Pakistan looks like an unlikely candidate given the threat of terrorist attacks on pipelines traversing its territory. A pipeline through Bangladesh would have to cross the territory of strategic competitor India. Increasing sectarian violence in southern Thailand coupled with the country's close relationship with the US make a pipeline through Thailand unlikely as well. This leaves Myanmar as the most likely option, with a 1,250 kilometer pipeline from the deepwater port of Sittwe on the Bay of Bengal to Kunming in Yunnan province. Coupled with India's desire to access energy resources within Myanmar and Myanmar's proximity to India's troubled northeast insurgencies, Myanmar has become a potential stage for Sino-Indian energy competition. [...] atimes.com () Message 20957123