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China, 2001
After a Chinese fighter collided with a U.S. EP-3 Aries reconnaissance aircraft
in international waters off China, this IKONOS image of the crippled U.S. plane
sitting on the parking ramp of an airbase on China's Hainan Island shortly
after it landed there became an icon for the crisis between the U.S. and China.
It also demonstrated the ability of commercial satellite imagery to quickly
tell a story in a denied country. The Chinese government eventually allowed
U.S. officials to dismantle and retrieve the plane using a Russian transport aircraft.
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