which was once mounted on a Soviet spy satellite. Details of the research was recently published in the peer-reviewed Chinese Journal of Lasers. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...

What you might not know is that the boilerplate at the Van Ardel — BP 1227 — has a cold war spy history unlike any other boilerplate in the fleet. The early life of BP 1227 is a little sketchy.

The device uses a high-tech synthetic aperture lidar (SAL ... detail 100 times better than what can be seen with the leading spy cameras and telescopes that use lenses.” It added that the ...