During a recent visit to the US, the chairman of India's Space Commission confirmed the launch schedule but described the bird as a remote sensing satellite designed to test various technologies. He also said India will not have one-meter resolution until a launch in 2003. India demonstrates that yet another nation has absorbed the lesson first learned by the US of the value of overhead imagery to military forces, including those deployed to the field. The curriculum includes everything from intelligence ethics to denial and deception. Case studies focus on past achievements and failures.
Exercises provide stressful situations for rapid analysis and production.
It is not about answers. It's about a mission. And heavy responsibilities. There are lives at stake at what they do. Stolen blueprints and bugged hotel rooms are fine, but in the end the swift and meaningful analysis of the torrent of information that pours into the Intelligence Community and CIA is the key to telling the president the real intentions of America's adversaries.