COMMENT ON THE PURCELL PANEL REPORT

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 10, 2014
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 25, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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?1T Th cCiShasi?--teviewed the, Purcell Panel rOport_and 'considers:.
? the report. to ? be *fry :iare$ but deficient In some .respects as -noted ?.
'below. On the positive side. WS agree ..crtttr.the':Atriel'ir concliniten`,"
that our best course for the future :tii`tiaward ttge:,cardinuet4nproirenier4;
? - ? of the Plii-fi.taznera in bath the coRcniik: "14" and J" systems. If. as
suggested. the' ayStOu Can be birolkght, to 90Wore better of trip ?? ?
quality photography, and Lf image tutangilfiCittion Li incorporated, the
important intefligenc. reilutiieruent'for. wide Oath isitazCh could be.
rust. *without designing a ria* system.
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2. Although. sicardIng to mt Luivtk)1. ? problem at multi. ?
. sensor Usage *Sir disaigiaed La some detail by the Panel, the eSport
? contains, no reference to this discultrioni- 'The- paragraph on night .,
photography. far whichAn./R:Sensor.rnight have earns advantage,.
treats only :"G"' and "I:" Systiftni
.3.-We feel that the report dales net ?treat tullY ihelcapabiliiterrind
Ihnititions.of the "0" and "I." systems. ? -Undoubtedly these.systein0 are
providing valuable ma) data .for future systems aimed at bettor ? "
resolution.: Horever, the report ditl.not consider the problems Of ?
? targeting land 'Passible gratuitous) which may be particularly Critical
in the case of."0.." We Wirildliagt.litisto,gresi.Cither the "G" or "V!
'systems oversold it this. stage Si least not?unti1. we can be Satisfied
that these systems can look attoraethtrig we want to sea.
4. ? -Atiliagigh paragiaph:9 of the TSP it cansiders the need i for :a
,quick reaction capability, it does' not treat. the possible use of else-
' trdnic near real time reati-out systems for this puipotioi. Paragraph
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8; which points' at the IltatiOns of 'Oleic 'systretas, does not !mention
the targeting problems Which appear to be associated'iiith them.
It IA C?ur, understanding that because of banikwidth?liraitatioati? pre.
sent equipment allows for readout of only a snU percentage of the
? take from isey one pass over the IISSIt. This raises the question,
nns.newerred lathe report, as to Whether Or not Control mechitzdains ,
are capable Of selecting for read.ciut only those targeta of ittereet.
We believe that there iita valid naiseitia for electronic readout that
should not be dismissed as Ugh* es- is indicated in the report.
9. we would urge that the DDI/CGS have ,a seat at the-
' next meeting of this kind, if only to observe and provide an input as
to our _interests.. ? Perhaps the, next report could then be responsive
to problems related to,thtelligence in addition to those concerned
with 'R&D. We realiee that the?Panel had only a short time at its ,
.'disposal on this particular aerobe and for this, reason could not deal
with some of the problems. in as muck detail as might have been. .
desirable.
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