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8 Oct 2024 22:01:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Sneaky Giant  
From: Darren New
Date: 25 Jul 2009 12:55:32
Message: <4a6b3904$1@news.povray.org>
clipka wrote:
> I wouldn't be too surprised if even a decent modern research or weather
> satellite had the capabilities to make out such a huge thing.

Probably, assuming it's not under cloud or something.

Remember you also aim missiles via radar too, which is what I think they're 
trying to avoid.

> Granted, in an asymmetrical war it might help to effectively hide the thing from
> the enemy - but in an asymmetrical war, how on earth is anyone going to get
> anywhere near a US airplane carrier anyway - let alone do any serious harm to
> it?

Uh, I guess you didn't see that report.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Challenge_2002

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "We'd like you to back-port all the changes in 2.0
    back to version 1.0."
   "We've done that already. We call it 2.0."


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