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2013-04-10 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Steve White 2013-04-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 I would assume the Pentagon has their satelite and even stealth resources monitoring and mapping longitude, latitude taget data for input into Flir (Forward Looking Infrared) guidance systems for Tomahawks, etc..

Do the NK rocket scientists have thier missile guidance systems GPS capable? I doubt it. But even if it is, can we turn off the GPS Satelites in that area for a few moments or at least have the GPS Satelites send them some really wacky GPS coordinates for fun?

Or are these rockets scuds?

Whatever, this could be a great opportunity to play with all kinds of star wars stuff, taking advantage of this Kim Jung Un fat boy tantrum as "guinea pig" technological test moments.

Posted by Bigfoot Sforza6821 2013-04-10 00:34|| 2013-04-10 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 even assuming 4000km range that doesn;t take it to either hawaii or alaska

Posted by lord garth 2013-04-10 00:50|| 2013-04-10 00:50|| Front Page Top

#3 More likely a Sino-Russian test of American resolve. Meanwhile back at the WH, heads and bums bobbed to the sound of Memphis Soul.

God be with the 2nd Infantry Division.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-04-10 01:52|| 2013-04-10 01:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Perhaps someone here with better knowledge than I could help me; those pictures of the earth with neat little circles on ranges, my gut tells me that when the rotation of the earth is taken into consideration should those not be at least oblong or otherwise distorted?

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-04-10 09:21|| 2013-04-10 09:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Not certain which circles you are speak of, but you are correct swksvolFF. Oblique imagery from satellites or other high altitude collection platforms will provide the true curvature, albeit oftentimes undiscernable. Imagery collected from directly overhead or analytic markings used to identify specific items of interest will generally, but not always be circular.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-04-10 10:25|| 2013-04-10 10:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Above: Items of interest aka points of interest or POI.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-04-10 10:42|| 2013-04-10 10:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh, just the occasional picture showing the range of so and so's missile. Some just do not look true, implying a single possible point of origin and, for example NORK, a launch due north would show a different path than a launch due east, or a different distance due east vs. due west.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-04-10 11:05|| 2013-04-10 11:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Got it. Those are called "range fans" and oftentimes do not take into account the earth's curvature. Hi-tech, computer generated range fans certainly have the capability to portray curvaturer. An analyst will oftentimes use ovals to graphically depict potential impact areas. Angles of flight and altitude may also be depicted in some illustrations.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-04-10 11:25|| 2013-04-10 11:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Thanks for the lesson Besoeker.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-04-10 11:58|| 2013-04-10 11:58|| Front Page Top

#10 And those circles are appropriate on some projections, and wildly wrong on others.

Posted by rammer 2013-04-10 18:28|| 2013-04-10 18:28|| Front Page Top

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