Spy Planes Play An Indispensable Role In Mission -- Wall Street Journal
The raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan represents probably the biggest success so far of a revolution in military technology: the ability to relay vast amounts of digital imagery through the unblinking eye of robotic aircraft or other spy gear.
Details about the surveillance equipment that may have been hovering overhead, or carried on the ground by Navy commandos, remain undisclosed. But the known state of the military's technology and the insights of informed military insiders suggest that real-time images of the elaborately scripted raid were likely broadcast in situation rooms and command posts halfway around the world.
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Update: With Drones and Satellites, U.S. Zeroed in on bin Laden -- Danger Room
My Comment: Who would have thought this was possible 10 years ago .... and one can only predict on what will be possible 10 years from now.
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