Military Uses NASA Images in Combat

Are we the public to be amazed at this newest revelation? DUH! Someone finally woke up and said we need to acknowledge this before it hits the public newspaper expose’ list. I mean come on here, it’s not like Joe Blow citizen doesn’t have a brain…

SAN DIEGO (AP) _ The Navy has been using NASA satellite data to help guide ships and planes in the war in Afghanistan, marking the first time the military has employed the space agency's up-to-date information in combat, Navy officials said Thursday.
Some in Congress have expressed concerns that NASA risks overstepping its 44-year-old civilian charter, though military planners say the images they have been using are unclassified.
That information is available to ``anyone and everyone,'' including a host of federal agencies and foreign governments, said NASA spokesman David Steitz. He said NASA has no qualms about the military's use of the images, which was first reported this week in Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine.
``Our nation's at war. We're part of the federal government,'' Steitz said. ``If that helps save American lives, great.''
The military used NASA satellite images in the Gulf War, but that information was archived, not recent.

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