Workers at Northrop Grumman's Antelope Valley Manufacturing Center in Palmdale work on assembling the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. (Brian van der Brug, Los Angeles Times / February 21, 2010)The Changing Face Of Aerial Reconnaissance -- L.A. Times
Aerial spying is 'now the centerpiece of our global war on terrorism.' And that has meant a growing and potentially huge business even as the Pentagon looks at cutting back on big-ticket items.
A Global Hawk robotic plane, hovering more than 11 miles above Afghanistan, can snap images of Taliban hide-outs so crystal clear that U.S. intelligence officials can make out the pickup trucks parked nearby — and how long they've been there.
Halfway around the globe in a underground laboratory in El Segundo, Raytheon Co. engineers who helped develop the cameras and sensors for the pilotless spy plane are now working on even more powerful devices that are revolutionizing the way the military gathers intelligence.
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My Comment: In short .... you can run, but you cannot hide. I only wish this technology was good enough for us to spot/locate and capture/kill Osama Bin Laden.