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AKA: Arbeitskreis Physik und Abrüstung

AKA 5: Verifikation aus der Luft

AKA 5.1: Vortrag

Donnerstag, 18. März 1999, 15:30–16:00, CH3

Perspectives for Open Skies — •Hartwig Spitzer¹ and Rafael Wiemker² — ¹II. Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg — ²Philips-Forschungslabors Hamburg

The Treaty on Open Skies of March 1992 foresees observation over-flights over the full territory of 27 states parties in North America, Europe and Asia (NATO states and members of the former Warsaw Treaty Organisation). The agreed sensor set includes photographic cameras at 30 cm ground resolution, thermal infrared scanners and synthetic aperture radar. Although the treaty has not yet entered into force, an intensive trial operation process has been initiated, which has provided considerable operational experience. In this contribution we will address results from trial operation and the outlook for treaty ratification. We also verify that images at the agreed photographic resolution cannot be sharpened by image transformations. Finally we will discuss the perspectives for implementing the Open Skies approach in other regions of the World (South America, South East Asia).