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Re:Echelon (signals intelligence) by ruethewhirled on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @05:28PM (#2329471)
We hear about this quite often in the New Zealand media. People are often protesting outside the big "bubble" things and on the odd occasion (I think twice) people have jumped the fences and gotten past security to "pop" the "bubbles", causing "millions" in damages, a couple of guys are on trial atm for this, or very recently were
Re:Echelon (signals intelligence) by arctangent on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @06:38PM (#2329797)
Please elaborate on what this "bubble" is that you speak of... Do you mean "listening facility" or something like that, or does "bubble" mean something more specific in your context?
Re:Echelon (signals intelligence) by ruethewhirled on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @06:51PM (#2329846)
Oh yeah, sorry I should have said domes for the radio dishes or what ever they are

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/04images/Bases/Wai...

Re:Echelon (signals intelligence) by pipeline_tux on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @06:58PM (#2329861)
They're satellite dishes used for intercepting satellite communications, but they're covered in domes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCSB_Waihopai
Re:Echelon (signals intelligence) by uikjhgyujmn on Tuesday March 15, 2011 @06:52PM (#2329849)
The radomes (actually covers over satelite receiver dishes) are held up by air pressure. This avoids any metal framework that would interfere with the signal