Re: Scouts.....

--- Alan E Brain <aebrain@webone.com.au> wrote:

> Satellite Data is only as good as your last pass. If
> we're talking current technology,
> then decent cloud cover can bolix up most sats. And
> you may have data several
> hours or even days old. If you're using new
> technology, reconsats will be a
> prime target for super-stingers (the ones that can
> reach LEO).

Which ain't gonna change the fact that your maps will
still be perfectly good.
 
> UAVs are another matter: but require the opposition
> not to have air defences
> capable of KOing them. This is pretty much a given
> today, but may not be so
> in future.

You throw a bunch of drones up, flying real low and
hope for the best.

John

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