The New York Post December 12 2002
EYE IN SKY REVEALS OUR BOMBERS
By NILES LATHEM
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WASHINGTON - Dramatic new satellite photos surfaced yesterday showing long-range U.S. bombers - apparently ready to strike Iraq on a moment's notice - poised for action at the Diego Garcia air base.
The images taken over the British-controlled island in the Indian Ocean on Nov. 24 and 26 by the Israeli commercial satellite company ImageSat International present the most compelling evidence yet of the scope of the buildup of U.S. firepower. The new photos show B-52 and B-1 heavy bombers capable of launching tons of high-tech smart bombs, along with massive cargo aircraft flying in equipment.
They also reveal that special portable environmental shelters have been erected at Diego Garcia to house the B-2 "Stealth" bomber, the bat-winged "invisible" aircraft that would play a key role in the opening phase of combat operations against Iraq.
The shelters are designed to protect from the elements the sensitive lightweight carbon skin that makes the B-2 almost invisible to radar.
GRAPHIC: PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Looking down from space, a commercial satellite pinpoints U.S. bombers and hangars on the ground (above) at the Diego Garcia air base in the Indian Ocean. The hangars (below) are specially constructed to protect the high-tech material in the super-secret "Stealth" spy craft. Globalsecurity.org
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