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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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