[103611] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dubai impound ships suspected in cable damage
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deepak Jain)
Tue Apr 8 19:58:44 2008
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:57:17 -0400
From: Deepak Jain <deepak@ai.net>
Reply-To: deepak@ai.net
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
CC: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0804081926590.26222@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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:
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> Wow, civilian satellite images are getting very sharp.
>
> http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/07/stories/2008040759181200.htm
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> 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."
>
>
