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To: Red Badger

nope it was retired because something is way way faster now


2 posted on 03/31/2021 11:22:32 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: al baby

Satellites. That’s what replaced them. Got enough satellites in orbit that we can photograph whatever we want without the risk of detection. Now we got drones that can hover.


20 posted on 03/31/2021 11:46:22 AM PDT by discostu (Like a dog being shown a card trick )
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To: al baby

“nope it was retired because something is way way faster now”

Photons traveling 200 miles were and are much faster (spy satellites). With so many up there not sure if the old “do stuff while no satellites are overhead” trick works anymore.


26 posted on 03/31/2021 12:20:59 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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