October 16, 2001

1:10 PM

Cool satellite images of suspected terrorist camps in Afghanistan. I don't know about the commentary, but the pics are cool.
posted by CRS (13 comments total)

Oops. Click on the link to the right, titled Afghanistan Darunta Camp and scroll down.

link courtesy of my lovely wife
posted by CRS at 1:16 PM on October 16, 2001

Way cool link... I especially like how they treat the subject... "zooming out" as they do: one step at a time, with illustrative comments.
posted by silusGROK at 1:23 PM on October 16, 2001

Very impressive shots. I'd hope there is nothing but craters where those camps are now.
posted by Qambient at 2:30 PM on October 16, 2001

I find this disturbing:

Military buys rights to commercial satellite pictures

I guess it depends how strongly you feel about our right to know what is going on. Some won't see a problems with this. Other will.
posted by piskycritters at 2:43 PM on October 16, 2001

Ground operations appear imminent.
posted by xiffix at 2:51 PM on October 16, 2001

I can't see much of a problem with the US buying up all the satellite imagery; there is a war going on, after all. Not to mention that the whole commercial imaging satellite industry only exists because of the DoD anyway.

I'm more interested in knowing how much they paid for it.

For those who are interested, you can find limited before-and-after pictures from the daily Pentagon news briefings at DefenseLink.
posted by jaek at 3:02 PM on October 16, 2001

There is not a war going on, by the way. In order for a war to happen, congress has to decide on it, and war can only be waged on counties, not detestable methods.
posted by fuq at 3:06 PM on October 16, 2001

Well, considering how many satellites the military surely has *already* for acquiring imagery, I'm not so worried about them getting access to images from companies. Just helps them put more stuff together.
posted by caveday at 3:45 PM on October 16, 2001

I suspect this is more about protecting Pakistan and other muslim countries from sat. pictures of US troops chillin' in their territory than anything else. That would make great TV on Al Jezeera.
posted by Mid at 4:24 PM on October 16, 2001

But I thought Bin Laden was hiding in China. Actually, this is a very scary story.
posted by Geo at 5:41 PM on October 16, 2001

They make me dizzy!
posted by HTuttle at 8:04 PM on October 16, 2001