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originally posted by: pavil
That's what I was thinking too.....Just a great cover for eavesdropping and other scenarios. I would bet money on it that the startup company was related to black budgets.
I mean you build 66 satellites and ground facilities around the globe, quite a massive undertaking, then go bankrupt??? That doesn't add up to me.
Their service was restarted in 2001 by the newly founded Iridium Satellite LLC, which was owned by a group of private investors. Although the satellites and other assets and technology behind Iridium were estimated to have cost on the order of US$6 billion, the investors bought the firm for about US$25 million.
The system is being used extensively by the U.S. Department of Defense through the DoD gateway in Hawaii.[13] The DoD pays $36 million a year for unlimited access for up to 20,000 users.[14] An investigation was begun into the DoD contract after a protest by Globalstar, to the U.S. General Accounting Office that no tender was provided. The investigation was suspended at the request of the Department of Defense, who cited national security reasons.[15]
I wonder who got 6 Billion of assets for 25 million? Then they land a 36 million a year DOD contract? Sounds like a pretty good deal to me.
I think jazz uncovered something, just not the stuff he claims.
I smell spys....... look where the company is based.
originally posted by: IAMTAT
From THIS Q post:
MISSILE
MISSLE
FOX THREE.
SPLASH.
AS THE WORLD TURNS.
RED_OCTOBER>
Q
HERE is what I'm piecing together thus far (naturally, I could be wrong):
1.)NK missiles use iridium guidance for guidance and targeting...(Obtained from Alwaleed/Soros (et al).
2.) Last night's launch contained the 10 iridium satellites NK was counting on to complete it's ability to fill a global radar-guidance void for missile trajectory and long-range targeting ("AS THE WORLD TURNS").
3.) The missing 'i' in missile, speaks to the missing iridium sats...completing the network gap NK was counting on obtaining.
4.) By confiscating/repositioning and launching them (over Africa?)...the U.S. sent a message to NK that any attempt to launch towards the continental US would end in a ("SPLASH") in the Pacific, a successful radar-guided intercept ("FOX THREE")...or a guidance takeover ("RED_OCTOBER>").
How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin’ James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife’s campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!
Wow, “FBI lawyer James Baker reassigned,” according to @FoxNews.
originally posted by: IAMTAT
POTUS tweeting up a Storm today!
How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin’ James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife’s campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!
twitter.com...
Wow, “FBI lawyer James Baker reassigned,” according to @FoxNews.
originally posted by: Riffrafter
reply to post by jazz10
I am normally loathe to divulge personal details here. However, in this case, I may be able to add something to the discussion.
I worked at Sprint during the time that Iridium was part of a joint venture that we were involved with.
I can say that Iridium was launched with the purpose of providing (and making money from) enabling communications. It was not done at the behest of any gov't or intel organization.
With that said, our gov't/intel apparatus is nothing if not opportunistic.
I can also say there was a "section" of Iridium that was cordoned off so to speak for the US gov't use in a "regulatory" capacity. If you can remember back to those days, regulation/deregulation in telecom was an extremely hot topic of the day.
I can also say that the "section" of Iridium designated as for gov't use would become "hot" at times when it simply didn't make sense from an operational perspective.
As to what that might mean...I truly have no idea. But it made for some very interesting conversations after-hours in Kansas City during happy hour.
That & a smart card will get you on the subway...
BTW - who owns Iridium now?
originally posted by: DogMeat
Iridium is a communications network... yes it is.
I had a small part of the beta project in 1983, we used SR71's to test out things...
It was meant to do exactly what it is doing. Provide global communications network for the military/government, with possible jamming / scrambling of enemy communications …
The Gov. got it going and found the cost to high to maintain so ……. they sold off available/excess space and bandwidth to the public. It was never set up to "destroy man" as you seem to be leaning towards.
originally posted by: FauxMulder
a reply to: Denoli
I'd give my left nut to be an owl right now!
I hope we'll at least know what the op is at some point.
Good hunting!
originally posted by: butcherguy
originally posted by: IAMTAT
a reply to: FauxMulder
Clearly, "missle" missing the letter (i)...was a prediction by Q that ATS would move to (i)talics.
Eerie!
And immediately after this post....
No italics.
originally posted by: FauxMulder
Q posted google Schmidt? in NK?
"New kinds of proxy and firewall technologies might be able to break that, but it's not true today," Schmidt says.
At this remark, Levie pretended to get excited, asking if there was an opportunity for cloud storage service Box in North Korea.
"It's highly illegal to sell to North Korea...Aaron," Schmidt replied.
originally posted by: butcherguy
originally posted by: IAMTAT
a reply to: FauxMulder
Clearly, "missle" missing the letter (i)...was a prediction by Q that ATS would move to (i)talics.
Eerie!
And immediately after this post....
No italics.
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