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‘Secret’ German-U.S. spy satellites, and a mole at Astrium GmbH?

Submit on Monday, January 3rd, 2011 22:58

Wikileaks has finally reached the satellite industry, creating hundreds of sensationalist reports that claim the “United States and Germany are jointly developing secret spy satellites under the guise of a commercial programme.” While this is outright nonsense, the leaked U.S. diplomatic cables are interesting for other reasons.
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