How Long Until the New England Patriots Have Their Own Spy Satellite?
When I lived in Pakistan, a regular source of amusement was the local papers railing against the supposed “Zionist-Hindu conspiracy,” which struck me as the goofiest conspiracy theory ever. Imagine what the Pakistani newspapers are making of last week’s news that Israel and India are about to stage a joint launch of military reconnaissance satellites. A large Indian rocket will fly from an island in the Bay of Bengal, placing into orbit two payloads — India’s first electronic spy satellite and Polaris/TecSat, the first advanced radar reconnaissance satellite possessed by Israel. The radar aboard Polaris/TecSat is said to have a resolution of 1 meter, meaning it can image items as small as a few feet across. Spy satellite resolution is often exaggerated, but if the satellite is even half as good as advertised, Israel will join the United States and Russian Federation in having space radars that can see considerable detail of other nation’s activities. Most likely, Polaris/TecSat’s firs
