Even with their high cost, with an estimated price tag on average of about $1.1 billion dollars per satellite, and much more when research and development is factored in, the capability SIBRS provides has become more of necessity in recent years.
Great article we should be happy to know these advanced sensors are floating around in space always watching. Its better to have something and not need it, then to need something and not have it :)
Sounds like you enjoyed your time. I applaud your sea-life. Thanks for all the hard work. Black shoes are the most under-appreciated of the naval species.
Thank you. I’m a tiny bit smarter today.
If you were that big and doing 45 knots, you’d have water coming out of your hole too.
I don’t think you’re really sorry at all
It’s Littoraly going 45 knots.....
Foxtrot Alpha (F A) Foreign Affairs.... mind blown.....
thank god this is the comments section of a blog and not a national security briefing.
Obligatory.
Tyler, your Halloween stories are the best! Holding a flashlight under your chin while telling this would get you all of the stars.
“but it’s a part of the Jalopnik family and the powers that be like to cross polinate articles from one Jalop site to others.”
then you just might wanna stick to http://jalopnik.com/ instead of coming to http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/ ...
I guess that could be considered a poor man’s mortar.
This racing business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky if we don’t lose the pink slip.
Reminded me of this.
Hey China, when you went sailing by Alaska, which actually IS recognized sovereign territory, how much whining and grandstanding did we do? Hypocrisy isn’t exactly going to help your case here guys.
We used to play this chicken game with the Russians back in the ‘80’s. We were careful to turn off radars and to aim weapons down to the deck to preclude any excuse for a “misunderstanding” and I thought both sides, at least the men on the ships if not the men back at headquarters, pretty-well understood the game. I…