"Bob McKellar" wrote in message
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AllanStern wrote:

CNN is reporting this morning that the US Mil is about to deploy
U-2 spy
planes, JSTARS acft, and Rivet Joint RC-135s to search for bin Laden.
They
claim that the US is going to maintain round-the-clock
surveillance/search to
locate him. They say the acft will be controlling some RPVs in the
search.

AL STERN Satellite Beach FL

It's really too bad that these kind of assets weren't available several
years
ago.

They were, and they were used, and I'd be surprised if they have not
continued to be used over Afghanistan and the Pakistani border region since
then. The use of all three platforms was reported during the earlier
operations conducted in Afghanistan; that CNN is acting as if this is some
kind of new development is hardly surprising, given the poor accuracy of
their military reporting to date. Not sure how much value the JSTARS adds to
the mix, given the terrain and nature of the target.


Bob McKellar, expecting a late October capture

Uhhh...yeah. I guess the military is in on some great political conspriacy,
huh?

Brooks