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Mysterious Symbols in China Desert Are Spy Satellite Targets, Expert Says
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| Nov 15, 2011
| Natalie Wolchover
Posted on 11/17/2011 2:44:55 PM PST by bkopto
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posted on
11/17/2011 2:45:00 PM PST
by
bkopto
To: bkopto
Tells you nothing about their current technology since these things are decades old (from the erosion you see on them).
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posted on
11/17/2011 2:49:21 PM PST
by
DManA
To: bkopto
One expert I had read said that it indicates that their satellites have an extremely poor rate of resolution.
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posted on
11/17/2011 2:49:52 PM PST
by
Jonty30
To: Jonty30
Or, let’s get real here a moment, neither the Chinese nor the experts have the slightest idea what they are about.
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posted on
11/17/2011 2:53:46 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: bkopto
Seems like just yesterday since Clinton allowed Bernie Schwartz of Loral Space and Technology to export sensitive missile guidance technology to China in violation of the law. They’ve progressed remarkably quickly in just a few short years.
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posted on
11/17/2011 2:54:15 PM PST
by
SpaceBar
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posted on
11/17/2011 2:55:47 PM PST
by
DJ MacWoW
(America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
To: bkopto
This is just a cover story. The lines were made by ancient aliens!
To: bkopto; All
Does this mean we need to go outside, look up and give our middle finger to the sky?
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posted on
11/17/2011 2:57:59 PM PST
by
Winstons Julia
(Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
To: muawiyah
I think expert is correct.
American satellites do the same. It’s just a way of constantly calibrating, so the satellites stay in their proper orbits.
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posted on
11/17/2011 3:00:00 PM PST
by
Jonty30
To: bkopto
I thought they resembled those black and white squares that are used with Smart phones.
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posted on
11/17/2011 3:10:05 PM PST
by
murron
(Proud Mom of a Marine Vet)
To: bkopto; All
More markings are approximately 13 miles and 18.5 miles West of the following; 40.452107,93.742118 (on google.earth).
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posted on
11/17/2011 3:13:41 PM PST
by
Las Vegas Dave
(The DemocRATic party preys on the ignorant!)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks bkopto.
It’s a Chinese airfield.
It reflects Chinese aviation practices — the pilot taxis down the runway, then stops short, the flight crew dashes down the gangway, runs around the base of the plane yelling, then finally rushes back in and takes the same places in the cockpit, and resumes taxiing.
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11/17/2011 3:17:30 PM PST
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To: SunkenCiv
To: colorado tanker
That guy is a complete Ahole, imo. Watta creep.
To: bkopto
Gizmodo -- Why Is China Building These Gigantic Structures In the Middle of the Desert?
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11/17/2011 3:22:50 PM PST
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11/17/2011 3:27:28 PM PST
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
Maybe he’s so creepy because he’s an alien himself? :-))
To: Las Vegas Dave
>>>More markings are approximately 13 miles and 18.5 miles West of the following; 40.452107,93.742118 (on google.earth).<<<<
Richard Hoagland will be very, very disappointed that the number 19 doesn’t show up anywhere in that series of figures.
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posted on
11/17/2011 3:37:22 PM PST
by
redpoll
To: bkopto
the satellite cameras they are being used to calibrate have surprisingly poor ground resolution.
Probably because they were "Made in China."
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posted on
11/17/2011 3:38:30 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
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