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U.S. Spy Satellites |
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done by John Pike and Charles Vick (pictured below) of the Federation of American Scientists, an advocacy group whose mission is to bring down the Pentagon's wall of secrecy.  They often use store-bought telescopes to determine the altitude, trajectory, etc. of Titan launches to make their estimates on what is being sent into the sky. Many Universities like Dollar Bill's alma mater, Georgetown U., have telescopes that can see intimate details of the satellites, but they won't tell you what they see, even though the Russians obviously have the ability to see them too. These satellites are custom-built, one at a time, w/ the latest electronics and optics. Satellites are very expensive, can't give continuous coverage, and the military is slow in disseminating the information. This has led the military to invest more $$$ in Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs) recently. However, satellites are excellent for detecting slow troop buildups, that are necessary before invasions like the one Clinton claims the N. Koreans are capable of making against S. Korea. Experts argue that America would be better off if the NRO built more smaller satellites that would not need to use the expensive Nazi-designed Titan rocket. Of course, Congress went and gave the NRO $$$ to make the bigger satellites, and an even bigger Titan 4B rocket to carry them. Why? Because Boeing and other rocket manufacturers make more $$$ off the expensive Titan. The following are some of the most important recon satellites in U.S. history. KH-4 | KH-9 | KH-10 | KH-11 | La Crosse | AFP-731 | Vortex | Triplet
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