Any guess on the origin of the "aerial photographs" shown in his address?
Quote from: hoku on 07/01/2023 12:54 pmAny guess on the origin of the "aerial photographs" shown in his address? SR-71. I have a vague recollection that it was a special flight ordered to gather imagery for this purpose.
A GAO report on the Homing Overlay Experiment. HOE was tested in 1983 and 1984 and the last test was successful. In 1993, information became available indicating that the Army made the target much more detectable in order to produce a successful test (i.e. they cheated). There were allegations that the Army had lied to Congress about this. The GAO report found that although there was a "deception" effort associated with the program, it did not happen for the fourth test.<...>
LACE/RMEDelta 180 VSEDelta 182 TVEDelta 183 Delta-StarMSXMSTI(s)StarlabStarbirdAFP-675 CIRRISSKIRTCLEMENTINE
Quote from: Jim on 07/10/2023 02:47 pmLACE/RMEDelta 180 VSEDelta 182 TVEDelta 183 Delta-StarMSXMSTI(s)StarlabStarbirdAFP-675 CIRRISSKIRTCLEMENTINE Thanks for that list. Should it include LOSAT-X?https://www.thespacereview.com/article/2700/1
... and for context, here are the YouTube links to Reagan's pre-briefing announcement of SDI to "High Levels Defense officials", followed by his "Address to the Nation", both on March 23, 1983:Any guess on the origin of the "aerial photographs" shown in his address?
Quote from: hoku on 07/01/2023 12:54 pm... and for context, here are the YouTube links to Reagan's pre-briefing announcement of SDI to "High Levels Defense officials", followed by his "Address to the Nation", both on March 23, 1983:Any guess on the origin of the "aerial photographs" shown in his address? The aerial photographs of Cuba, Grenada, and Nicaragua you mention were taken by the SR-71 Blackbird in the early 1980s.
While not an official report this 2003 history seminar on the UK's response to SDI is fascinating:https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/assets/icbh-witness/sdi.pdf
Quote from: LittleBird on 07/10/2023 08:08 amWhile not an official report this 2003 history seminar on the UK's response to SDI is fascinating:https://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/assets/icbh-witness/sdi.pdfAaron Bateman's upcoming book is going to delve into this in greater detail. He has information on how Thatcher and her government responded to SDI. Naturally it was complicated. Thatcher was interested in cooperating for several reasons, not necessarily because she shared Reagan's vision for SDI. But maintaining a good relationship with the United States and access to American technology and particularly intelligence information was important to Thatcher.Thatcher was much more in favor of cooperating with the United States on missile defense, but she had members of her government who were opposed and who actively sought to undermine her. A few weeks ago I heard a former UK scientist who was involved in the work say that he had been told by a senior government official to not do what the prime minister had ordered.