Posted on 06/12/2002 7:30:38 PM PDT by jern
European satellite TV viewers can watch live broadcasts of anti-terrorist operations being conducted by US spy planes over the Balkans...
"We seem to be transmitting this information potentially straight to our enemies," said one US military intelligence official who was alerted to the leak, adding: "I would be worried that using this information, the people we are tracking will see what we are looking at and, much more worryingly, what we are not looking at.
Hmmmm. What makes anybody think that anything is being ignored? Hmmmmm?
Does anybody really think that issues of national security would be broadcast on satellite for the whole world to see? Either Clintoon has so decrepitated this nations national security assets, or the people in charge are incompetant boobs.
I guess nobody knows diddly-squat about sources and methods and the power of dispensing information of what we do know to the enemy with an eyedropper to force their hand is beyond all of your intellects.
Leave the spook stuff to the spooks for crying out loud. Why don't we just concentrate on real Constitutional issues like gun registration and permits to carry in contrast to what the second ammendment says shall not be infringed?
Really, people...
The other funny thing was that when your dish was panning from one end to the other, it briefly picked up the last channel viewed on each satellite. That could make for some real embarrasment in the morning, after someone had been watching porn late the night before.
Hmmm, they way they either ignore this or readily admit to knowing it's available has me wondering. I wonder if there is any reason that we would WANT to have this broadcasted? If we can fake a flight to the moon (chuckle), perhaps we can fake pictures supposedly being taken by drones for some reason or another.
Unless you were smart enough to turn it back to something innocuous before you went to bed.
Took me a few seconds but ....
lmao!!
Don't think so, these hobby sat guys are excellent at what they do, and I read about them downlinking recon info long before 9-11. Check out the Dr. Dish link below and read some of his, errr......, exploits. I think you'll be surprised.
Good luck. I have Cablevision here in northern NJ and I can't even get a freaking Yankee game.
Military satellites
The military obviously protects its data from a curious public and other countries but even here people can get sloppy. During the Gulf war anyone that was sufficiently interested could occasionally get quite a good idea of the situation as uncoded radio chatter was often to be heard on the US-FLTSATCOM satellites. As with the weather satellites there are two distinct groups of satellites; geostationary and orbital.
The American system is based upon the FLTSATCOM series and the DSCS satellites. they additionally use the UHF band of the MAREC and INMARSATs (200-400 MHz). The UK puts its trust in its SKYNET satellites and Russians have probably already lost track of their military and spy satellites. The most well known series is the COSMOS series. These satellites can carry out just about every function you can think of. They can be configured as amateur radio, weather, scientific or military satellites. A complete overview of the area of application and technical data can be found in the SATELLITE’S ENCYCLOPEDIA by Jean-Philippe Donnio. This, probably the most reliable reference work, is available on disk.
The complexity of receiving and decoding transmissions from these satellites is enourmous. From time to time decoding is not possible. In spite of all this, these satellites can be a valuable source of information in times of crisis as a considerable proportion of traffic is voice. Video signals can’t be received but faxes pose no problem and thus programs such as CODE-3 with appropriate decoder are adequate for some data. The requisite receivers are expensive. The frequency range from 100 to over 2000 MHz is recommended and that doesn’t come cheap. Suitable units cost between 2000 and 9000 Marks (or £ 850-4000). When it comes to the antennas compromises can be made. A good Discone antenna with integrated amplifier is adequate for the reception of FLTSATCOM (200-400 MHz). Better however is the cruciform YAGI antenna for this frequency range. FLTSATCOM can be easily picked up in Europe. A Discone with a band amplifier gave good results in Holland. A good LOG periodic antenna is fine for the L- and S-bands.
In addition to their numerous COSMOS satellites the Russians also operate a large number of geostationary RADUGA satellites. A glance at a good satellite list will assist in locating these. The purpose of these most versatile satellites is to supply TV images, enable normal telecommunications and to serve the military, who use the lower C-band (below 3.65 GHz). Worth searching out is RADUGA 29 (drifting) at approximately 12.3° East. Simply switch from the Hot Bird position to the C-band and use the black carriers to target the satellite. FDM and SCPC can be found here. Outside of the UHF, L, S and C-band the military is obviously increasingy moving into the X-band. Rejected military equipment for this band is available from surplus dealers but the prices are usually out of the reach of amateurs. It’s a great source for poor, small countries to stock up their military electronics.
I know exactly what you mean (but the cable modem is awesome).
That's what we like.... finger wagging lectures on what we should be discussing and what we shouldn't. Can't get enough of 'em. Thanks for your service.
As soon as you out-rank me, I'll bow to your authority.
'Till then, you're nothing more than grits. O.k?
Do that.
I'll be impressed then...
You still will be a jackass.
Even if that could be true, and it was done so, what was to happen? Would a bunch of sturmtripper boot clad men batten down your door?
Methinks you read too many movies. No, what just happened is you just killed a bunch of soldiers. Those soldiers will not be able to save your sorry ass when you need it most.
Have a nice day.
Good thing I won't hear you scream...
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