“Drawing the future of technology”.. Iraq intends to launch a satellite at a cost of 30 million doll

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[size=52]“Drawing the future of technology”.. Iraq intends to launch a satellite at a cost of 30 million dollars![/size]

[size=45]Iraq plans to launch a new satellite that could cost around $30 million, in a move aimed at boosting the country's space and technology capabilities.[/size]
[size=45]The project will enhance Iraq's ability to collect important data and information, and support the development of the country's technological infrastructure.[/size]
[size=45]This investment is part of Iraq's efforts to raise its status in the field of space and enhance its technological capabilities.[/size]
[size=45]Yesterday, Tuesday, the National Security Council held its 13th session for the year 2024, headed by Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim Al-Araji, and attended by council members. In a statement about the contents of the session, it was announced that the “project to establish an Iraqi satellite” would be discussed, without giving further details about the project.[/size]
[size=45]Security and military expert, Brigadier General Adnan Al-Kanani, revealed that the project is not new, and dates back to 2008, when meetings were held to conclude the strategic framework agreement with the United States of America. At the time, military leaders and security experts discussed the need to reserve “Banque” in a satellite, or to create an Iraqi satellite.[/size]
[size=45]According to Al-Kanani, this satellite is useful “for securing the communications system, including digital communications systems, i.e. the (IC2L) system that the security and intelligence agencies work on, as well as regular communications systems linked to mobile phones, and enhancing the Internet networks and the strength of the Internet. In addition to the process of conducting surveillance and eavesdropping at times.”[/size]
[size=45]“While there were US forces operating in Iraq, there were balloons responsible for monitoring, tracking and dealing with criminal operations, and they were distributed in Baghdad and the rest of the provinces,” the security expert said, adding that “when the strategic framework agreement was signed, we discussed the situation in the event of the withdrawal of US forces from Iraqi territory, and what would be an alternative to them, especially in monitoring the ground through the air, and we pointed out the need for a satellite to ward off the danger of saboteurs who might be exposed to these balloons in the event of targeting or falling, so satellites can perform the same roles.”[/size]
[size=45]Iraq and the United States have a long-term strategic partnership, according to the “Strategic Framework Agreement,” which was concluded between Baghdad and Washington during the era of the head of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, in late 2007 and ratified in 2008, to regulate the bilateral relationship between the two sides, within a cooperative framework in the fields of politics, security, economy, health, and culture. It stipulates that the United States of America provide support and assistance to the Iraqi government in ensuring the security and stability of Iraq in exchange for the Iraqi authorities protecting American forces and interests on its territory.[/size]
[size=45]The experts suggested “buying this system or digital technology from the American army, after they train Iraqi elements to use it, and then handing over the technological system to the Iraqi side to use it, especially in monitoring vital targets through the air.” According to Al-Kanani, “This proposal was included in the strategic framework agreement at the end of 2007, but it did not find a listening ear.”[/size]
[size=45]The security expert pointed out that another option was presented to Iraq in this regard at the time, which was “providing a satellite that would perform the same roles or a group of satellites distributed over the Iraqi military geography, but it also did not find a listening ear,” and “it seems that there were those who were pushing towards the instability of the security situation in Iraq,” he said.[/size]
[size=45]Establishing an Iraqi satellite is a bold and major step at the same time that may provide some independence for Iraq in enhancing its security, but it requires real will, discipline and huge amounts of money.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kanani stated that “the project costs depend on the quality and solidity of the system. There may be non-sound sources that produce models similar to solid models, but they are in fact copies (copy paste), at cheap prices ranging between 100-200 thousand dollars, while the price of the system from its real source may exceed 20 or 30 million dollars, and perhaps much more than that. That depends on the people who will contract for the matter. There are parties that create satellites at very low costs, and it is possible to purchase solid monitoring systems and satellites and very respectable equipment from solid countries such as Japan, Korea, Germany, America, Britain, France or Italy, at a value that may exceed millions of dollars,” indicating that the council took this decision now, perhaps because it felt that the situation was ready for this step and served the project.[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the time it takes to complete the project, Al-Kanani explained that there are projects that require certain conditions in the field of contracting, which require negotiations, and therefore the matter may take a long time. “It is not possible to set a time limit for completing the Iraqi project because this is linked to the existence of a real national will.[/size]
[size=45]In light of the tensions, instability, and people whose loyalty is questionable, a time limit cannot be set for it,” stressing: “If there is a real national will, determined to provide a service to Iraq to benefit from it in the field of protecting Iraqi security and Iraqi interests, then this can be achieved within months.”[/size]
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