Comments on: President Approves New Spy Satellites

By: paul

paul — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:39:24 +0000

Gome!Yes,collection is a prime security and “Do
it well man.”

By: wothling@aol.com

wothling@aol.com — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:12:02 +0000

Bill –This is a good website that gives a general overview of direction we‘re going.The satellite upgrade is of particular interest.You can imagine the behind the scenes “battle royal” that went on at the Pentagon.
Happy Easter! Bill

By: anthony

anthony — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:23:24 +0000

We must stay ahead in the Space Age were rockets and satillets need constant upgrading.

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:26:09 +0000

It was clearly the work of the Bavarian Illuminati. I mean, were there any Bavarians anywhere NEAR New York on 9/11? I. Don’t. THINK. so!

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:21:57 +0000

The question is: How did the terrorists (whoever they are) get hold of highly refined nano-thermite and gain access to the buildings? Moron back.

By: Recon-Team

Recon-Team — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:53:49 +0000

Turns out I was only addressing one moron. No offense to the rest of you.

By: Recon-Team

Recon-Team — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:51:29 +0000

What the hell is with all of you morons and your idea of some great zionist 9/11 conspiracy?! There are terrorists out there that want to destroy America and everything it used to stand for. (although Obama could end up doing that)

Why need new satellites to replace old ones, the technology has improved and we can benefit from them. It is as simple as that. Satellite images not to mention others picking up electronic signals are very important to the military and national defense.

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:37:32 +0000

Obama makes a great Republican.

*** btw, re 9/11 and the reason for spy satellites and general militarism…

“Active Thermitic Material Discovered In Dust From The 9/11 World Trade Center Catastrophe”

brief info:
http://visibility911.com/blog/?p=996

By: JLC

JLC — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:51:28 +0000

I am glad to see this pres do something.The day
after N Korea launches a rocket he announces
ending the missle shield program. Personally
speaking. I question, Does this man have the resolve to protect America?

By: Chuck Eiland

Chuck Eiland — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:15:47 +0000

"secret spy satellite" Hmmm, it's not secret anymore! Why do we always have to bragg that we have a "Secret". Just do it! Our peeps always have the "Big Mouth" syndrome even though I know that there are "leaks". There wouldn't be as much if we curtailled the information flow. Just an opinion.

By: Colin Clark

Colin Clark — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:48:39 +0000

Charles Phillips,

The intelligence official told us that the first of the new satellites would probably launch within a decade. It’s unclear whether he meant by 2010 — which I doubt — or by 2019. I think, given the long lead times for most of these satellites, that we will see much in less than 4–5 years at best. The civilian imagery is something they have been doing for years. It serves to supplement the intel gained from the high rez sats and allow us to share more imagery with allies.

By: Charles Phillips

Charles Phillips — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:44:55 +0000

One question that I’d like to see answered — so we can have a new satellite system maybe as early as the next Administration. Will our current fleet work until the next ones are launched? Or will this civilian imagery be the replacement?
And of course the new program will be a model of on time delivery and meeting performance goals? What has changed in the acquisition world to make the new program go better than every other bloated, over budget, under performing one before it??

By: EWCM

EWCM — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:26:09 +0000

Yes good move, but somone with as little experience as he has had better listen to those whom have walked the walk. Less than 3 months on the job, I still don’t see much progress for the future from your president.

By: bambooviper

bambooviper — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:22:37 +0000

Looks like President Obama is on a roll.

By: Apache

Apache — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:43:21 +0000

What must be done, is to be done with great measure.…to Protect and Defend all who are lambs of evil deterrants…the Best of Men…Our President is leaning on this.….Making decisions to offset the devices of many.……If the Congressman and Governors will stop picking at every stance, will afford him room to do what is right, and become solvent in protecting rights of this Nation that proclaims the fervent belief that We are about Freedom.…!

By: BoBo

BoBo — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:34:46 +0000

Good STUFF
But someone better be aware that the need
for HUMINT needs to be NOT over-looked as the tech. materials are approved. remember WHO the enemy IS!!
B.B.

By: Embee-el

Embee-el — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:07:57 +0000

One immediate fallout of all this was that on Wednesday, April 8th, the current Director of NRO, Scott Large, submitted his resignation to the DNI. The reason for the departure is unknown and was not mentioned in Large’s e-mail to the workforce yesterday afternoon. The speculation was that since Large was a key manager for the failed FIA program, it would not be politically acceptable for him to continue as the NRO Director responsible for the acquisition of the new satellites, which are effectively the replacement programs for the failed FIA program.

By: Daniel Kenny

Daniel Kenny — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:42:30 +0000

I think that our president is doing an outstanding job and seems to be extremely responsible. I personally respect the grounds he walks on

By: anthony

anthony — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:39:17 +0000

Yes it is a good idea that president obama decided to new spy satellite for the safety not only for the americans but also to the asian allied nations that depends on the USA.

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:59:26 +0000

What’s with the blog-spam recently?