The effects of aerial and satellite imagery on the 1973 New Yom Kippur War.

From: Air Power History | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: Brugioni, Dino A. | Copyright information

The origins of the Yom Kippur War of October 1973 may be traced to the Suez Crisis in 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized U-2 flights over the Middle East. By the onset of the June 1967 Six-Day War, the United States had acquired a significant amount of aerial and satellite imagery over "targets" in that area.

The CIA's National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC) had an experienced and dedicated complement of imagery intelligence officers, capable...

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