URL for "Stealth" satellites article

Dave Mullenix (djmullen@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Tue, 09 Jun 1998 18:42:11 -0500

I thought I got the URL for the spysat article from this mailing list,
but so many haven't heard of it that I guess I got it somewhere else.

Here's the URL for the article I mentioned regarding the stealth sats:

http://online.guardian.co.uk/pic.html

It's from the English newspaper, "The Guardian".  The article is about
how India and Pakistan avoided American spy satellites while preparing
for their recent underground nuclear tests.  The lines about four spy
satellites vanishing were a minor aside in the main story.  It's quite
interesting and I recommend reading it.  I have no idea what the paper's
policies are as far as liberal/conservative/etc are, but the article
seems to be well founded.  I haven't browsed around on the site to see
what else they've printed, but anybody who wants to can do so.

I've since had messages saying that there's no such thing as stealth
tactics for satellites, but I highly doubt this.  I'm sure there are
plenty of things that can be done to make satellites harder to spot both
visually and via radar.  I was just hoping that someone on this list
would have some suggestions of how to do it.

Dave Mullenix