> I know the "war correspondents" now use Nikon digital cams, the shots are
>sent via satellite or phone lines directly to the home office. Don't know how
>the military censors those images. I'm told the military uses the same or
>similar stuff, shots taken in the field are on some General's desk in the
>Pentagon in like six minutes. US Navy jets download their recon shots in
>"near real time" to the carrier, who then flashes it to the Pentagon.
> They'll never learn that you can't quarterback the game from 12,000 miles
>away, but they keep trying. They tried running the Vietnam War from
>Washington, too. That had less than the desired results....
Real-time downlink of digital imagery is indeed the way forward, for
military AND political reasons (e.g. the ability to demonstrate the wonder
of modern weapons an hour after the attack even the boys are still doing
their post-flight debrief). But the wet film recce pods in use with the
RAF are still in demand for the resolution and quality for exploitation in
slow time. Hey, who brought up the boring subject of recconaissance again
?????
Chris
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