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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by Balgair on Friday April 06, 2018 @12:10PM (#16774348)
They better as fuck not be : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talk... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/START_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Ballistic_Missile_Treaty
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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by monocasa on Friday April 06, 2018 @12:34PM (#16774566)
Those have all either expired or weren't ratified, and the current treaty (New START) explicitly allows satellite monitoring.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_START

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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by Balgair on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:32PM (#16775975)
depends on the type of monitoring
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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by freehunter on Friday April 06, 2018 @01:42PM (#16775361)
Since we're talking about cameras and not missiles, I ctrl+f'd for "picture" and "camera" on all of those links and didn't see any results. Do those treaties prohibit cameras?
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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by Balgair on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:32PM (#16775978)
depends on the camera, IR is pretty well forbidden
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