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Ikes gambit: The development and operations of the KH-7 and KH-8 spy satellites

In 1995 the Central Intelligence Agency declassified the existence of the CORONA series of reconnaissance satellites, which had operated from 1960 until 1972. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who had approved the satellite’s development in early 1958, was hailed by agency and military officials as a visionary who had approved a revolutionary intelligence collection system. But in 1960, after Gary Powers’ U-2 was shot down over the Soviet Union and high-resolution photography of Soviet targets ceased, Eisenhower approved a second reconnaissance satellite named GAMBIT that was equally revolutionary to the CORONA. GAMBIT produced very-high-resolution photographs of Soviet military installations until the last launch, in 1985. (Spy satellite names were almost always printed in all-caps in official documents.

Guest column: Insight into China Mobile's TD-LTE gambit

By Dr. Cheng Dejie China Mobile has widely trumpeted its development strategy for 4G TD-LTE networks, while recently, a senior China Mobile official publicly stated that 60 percent of China Mobile's investment capital will be put into 4G over the next few years. This has triggered worries by industry insiders that the operator's commitment to China's homegrown 3G standard, TD-SCDMA, is half-hearted, and stirred up debate as to the prospects that a viable industry chain for TD-SCDMA has any chance to develop.

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