NRO satellites aid search for kidnapped soldiers

Secret U.S. reconnaissance and eavesdropping spacecraft were specifically tasked with aiding the search for three U.S. Army soldiers taken prisoner by Al Qaeda or closely aligned terrorists in Iraq on May 12. The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) imaging constellation consists of four Advanced KH...

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