Israel launches spy satellite

[laststeamtrain]

Source: AP

Israel's military launched a spy satellite early Monday, the Defense Ministry said, and a senior official suggested it could help keep track of developments in Iran.

The Ofek 7 satellite was "launched and successfully injected into orbit," the ministry said in a statement. Israel's Army Radio said its resolution was high enough to detect objects of 28 inches on the ground.

The chief of the Defense Ministry's space program, Haim Eshed, suggested that the satellite could be used to counter Iran's efforts to develop a nuclear weapon. When asked if the Ofek-7 could be used to strike Iran, Eshed said "Intelligence is intelligence and you can do with the intelligence what the leaders decide."

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Israel has labeled Iran as its most serious strategic threat.

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[shance]

1. Can these spy satellites effectively spy through houses and essentially spy on everyone?

n/t

[originalpckelly]

2. Oh that's good, that way when they bomb Iran with tactical nukes...

they'll have some clue of how badly they fucked up.