The US intelligence nominee can’t believe India just launched 104 satellites

The Director of National Intelligence oversees the US intelligence community of 16 different organizations, including the CIA, FBI, National Security Agency, and the National Reconnaissance Office. A key component of the job involves ensuring that US spy satellite assets remain peerless in their capability to observe activities on Earth. During his confirmation hearing this week, the Trump administration's nominee for this cabinet-level position, former Senator Dan Coats, assured the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that he would remain vigilant in keeping the nation's reconnaissance satellites ahead of the global curve. The United States would also speed up the process by which it gets new technologies into space, he said. More

(Source: Ars Technica - Mar 3)