| ▲ | ImPostingOnHN 7 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Many countries do not have ready access to satellite imagery, much less realtime satellite imagery. Iran, for example. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | rtkwe 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Anyone with a big enough checkbook can rent 12 50 centimeter resolution overflights a day from Planet Labs. Their 1.3m resolution is maybe enough to track it in decently cooperative weather given enough compute spend. https://www.planet.com/pulse/12x-rapid-revisit-announcement/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | paxys 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Iran is being fed intelligence by Russia, so they definitely have that info. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||