Re: O/T - Dead Spy Satellite Could hit Earth within a month

"William Black" <william.black@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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:"Fred J. McCall" <fmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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:> "William Black" <william.black@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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:> :So its initial deployment was sensitive.
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:> No.
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:So why keep it a secret?
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Because we never publish details of launches of military satellites.
The same reason you don't talk about ship and troop movements or lots
of other things.

Occam's Razor, Willie. Loony conspiracy theories aren't necessary to
explain things.

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