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Re:The satellite imagery industry still has no idea what cus... by jlarocco on Monday April 18, 2022 @10:29PM (#31079229)
> Ukraine appears to be using commercial orbital imagery providers to figure out Russian troop movements.

Is this really true? I guess I can believe it, but it seems strange that the United States is sending over $800 million in weaponry, but won't send over satellite imagery.

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Re:The satellite imagery industry still has no idea what cus... by grog454 on Monday April 18, 2022 @11:02PM (#31079389)
> it seems strange that the United States is sending over $800 million in weaponry, but won't send over satellite imagery.

I'd guess this is because you can't publish satellite imagery without revealing a lot about your intelligence gathering capabilities.

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Re:The satellite imagery industry still has no idea what cus... by PeterisP on Monday April 18, 2022 @11:45PM (#31079581)
I believe USA is sending over intelligence reports from that satellite imagery, however, the raw images may easily be considered too sensitive to release to others because they reveal both the exact capabilities and potential countermeasures. I recall the (IMHO justified) uproar back when Trump tweeted a photo of a single recon satellite image of Iran, they definitely would not just send over all the raw data.
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