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Air Force Defends Gorgon Stare Surveillance Pod

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Thursday, February 10th, 2011

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A leaked memo that criticizes a new Air Force surveillance system has since been revised to include plans to fix the cutting-edge technology, according to the service. An internal report prepared by Air Force testing personnel last year says the Gorgon Stare drone-mounted sensor pod has problems that make it neither "operationally effective" nor "operationally suitable" for Afghanistan. The document identifies 13 specific technological shortfalls. Further, military testers found that video captured by Gorgon Stare was in some instances of…

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