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Dates: during 1979-1979
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...Telemetry is the remote electronic means by which a rocket or a warhead sends back to earth data about its performance during a test flight. One way the U.S. monitors Soviet compliance with SALT is to intercept and analyze Soviet telemetry. Last July the Russians transmitted in code ?encrypted???the telemetry from an SS-18 test, including the telemetry about the performance of the warhead?data that are helpful to the U.S. in determining throw weight or payload. The incident assumed political importance, for it went to the heart of the American obsession with verification. Ohio Senator John Glenn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Who Conceded What to Whom | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

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