Establishing a Commercial Reserve Imagery Fleet: Obtaining Surge Imagery Capacity from Commercial Remote Sensing Satellite Systems During Crisis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781249594420)

Precision-guided weapons employment during and since the Gulf War highlights the critical role space assets, particularly reconnaissance systems, play in modern military operations. This, along with other developments, has led to a proliferation of commercial satellite remote sensing systems. Congress directed the National Reconnaissance Office and National Imagery and Mapping Agency to investigate commercial satellite imaging systems as a supplement to national reconnaissance systems. This paper investigates one of the recommendations in the response to Congress: the development of a Commercial Reserve Imagery Fleet (CRIF) to augment national imagery systems during crises. The CRIF concept is explored in detail using the successful Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) model that supplies surge airlift capacity for comparison

Author: Douglas B. Rider
ISBN-10: 1249594421
ISBN-13: 9781249594420
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2012
Pages: 64
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.13d