The application of declassified KH-7 GAMBIT satellite photographs to studies of Cold War material culture: a case study from the former Soviet Union

Forty years after they were originally acquired for intelligence purposes, declassified US photographs from the KH-7 GAMBIT photo reconnaissance satellite programme, together with contemporary declassified intelligence reports, are being used to shed light on Cold War sites in the former Soviet Unio...

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Published in:Antiquity 2008-09, Vol.82 (317), p.714-731
Main Author: Fowler, Martin J.F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerial photography
Analysis
Archaeology
Archives & records
Case studies
Cold War
Cold War, 1945-1991
English language
Freedom of information
Information
Intelligence
KH-7 GAMBIT
Material culture
Military aspects
Military satellites
Missiles
Moscow missile defences
Oral history
Photography
satellite photographs
Satellites
Socialist states
Technology
U.S.S.R
War
Weapons systems
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Summary:Forty years after they were originally acquired for intelligence purposes, declassified US photographs from the KH-7 GAMBIT photo reconnaissance satellite programme, together with contemporary declassified intelligence reports, are being used to shed light on Cold War sites in the former Soviet Union. The method should have a great future for understanding the changes to the landscape in Europe over the last 60 years. The material impact of the Cold War was no less fundamental than other wars hotter in nature.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00097337