it goes on when we're awake. it's the way we know if the russians are being bad or good. and it became public this week for goodness sake. first, there was this, a sharp-eyed aviation buff and flight tracker saw an unusual flight pattern, tight circles out over the atlantic. as explained by these superb military blogger tyler roogaway was a e 6b, retrofitted tricked all white 707 loaded with science and listening devices and transmitters. it's an american set of eyes and ears and a rare midair refuelable command post. and when it communicates with our nuclear submarines below the surface of the ocean, it can spool out two antennas behind it. one of them is five miles long made of wire, and it flies behind the plane.