Here comes Uncle Sam
About a year ago I posted a message about the military need for the stratellite. Certainly it was IMHO however, I based my beliefs on over 20 years experience serving in the USAF 15 of which was intelligence collection and reporting. If I was to collect intelligence against GTE and their relationship with Uncle Sam over the past year, I would report the following:
Uncle Sam has a very high interest in GTE and their Stratellite platform. So much so they built and tested 2 platforms in secrecy. We saw one of the platform and not the other. According to open source information "the design of the military version airship is of a unique and proprietary nature and has been designed to meet specific requirements of certain military and government needs." It is my belief the military have in their possesion and possibly "in service" workable stratellites. Due to need for force protection and the ability to run covert intelligence operations against known or suspected enemies there will be limited information available on the GTE/Military Stratellite relationship as stated by the CEO " because of the military nature of the system, this event is not open to the public, and we will not be able to update the public on certain aspects of the airship program."
The military wants and need the Stratellite. Whatever LMT is building for Uncle Sam is no way going to stop the military desire to have what GTE can deliver in the near future if they haven't already. The bottom line is IMHO Uncle Sam is in deep with GTE. They can keep it a big secret and very well should, however the money will show up eventually in the filings. As another poster says follow the money. soon come, soon come...
msg# 3146
Stratellite/Military
The military need the stratellite platform to fill a surveillance gap since we have now live in an era of unconventional warfare. Although the Predator can be deployed
anywhere, it is are limited in time on station and payload not to mention the cost. Also they can and have been shot down. Although the Stratellite and similar platforms can be taken down, it would take an aircraft (air-to-air missile) or surface-to-air missile to do so once it is on station. There is already developmental contracts with defense contrators, so we know they want it. How bad do they want it. IMO like yesterday. When the launch takes place IMO the pentagon, the White House, NSA, CIA, DIA and of course the rest of the world will be watching. What the CEO said sometime ago "this technology will change the face of telecommunications" has much truth to it. It is not as cut and dry as it appears and the CEO has his work cut out. Dealing with the government can be nerve wracking and the need for sharp lawyers is absolutely a must. I once lived in a walled city (Berlin) for a few years and now that city is no longer walled. Remember a few years back how big cell phones were. Times have changed and will continue to change. I enjoyed my intell running days and this GTEL has me spinning and grinning like the good old days.
Peace
and
Merry Christmas
"In God We Trust All Others We Monitor"
