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Re: Dubai impound ships suspected in cable damage

  • From: Deepak Jain
  • Date: Tue Apr 08 19:59:57 2008

There is no reason to assume these are civilian satellites. Any one of a number of affected or interested countries could have provided the imagery (or ship information) to Reliance. Its not saying *who* analyzed the images. ;)

Then again, how are ship's captains supposed to know *where* they are allowed to drop anchor? Is there a "Call before you drop" anchor service similar to "call before you dig?"

Deepak

Sean Donelan wrote:


Wow, civilian satellite images are getting very sharp.

http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/07/stories/2008040759181200.htm

Using satellite images of ship movements in the area, Reliance
Globalcom identified two ships in the area at the time which
may have damaged the cable.

Reliance also confirmed the cable was damaged because of "jerks and force of the ship."