With an Eye Toward Preserving Charleston: Local governments near Charleston AFB, S.C., are taking another look at the land around the base and the nearby Naval Weapons Station to make certain community plans for growth don’t lead to problems for the military installations. (BRAC 2005 was hailed as the last gasp for closure, but there are some who say the fat lady has not sung.) According to the Charleston Post and Courier, a new study, supervised by a Charleston-area government coalition, will update a 1993 study done by the Air Force.
The Pentagon agency charged with building and operating U.S. spy satellites recently declassified some details about a Cold War-era surveillance program called Jumpseat—a revelation it says sheds light on the importance of satellite imaging technology and how it has advanced in the decades since.
