Posted by John B. Sheldon. David Ignatius, the novelist and newspaper columnist, writes in The Washington Post today that last year Saudi Arabia requested assistance from the US in the form of high-resolution satellite imagery in order to more accurately target Houthi rebels in Yemen who were fighting a border war with the Saudis. It [...]
Archive for November 11, 2010
SpySats for Saudi Arabia?
Posted: November 11, 2010 in Arms Race, Earth Observing Satellite, Foreign Space, France, Iran, Middle East, reconnaissance, Saudi Arabia1
First you need an atomic bomb. Next, you need a camera and some film. This is explosive stuff. Literally.
