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Re:UK launches its first Earth-imaging military satellite by KineticLensman on Sunday August 18, 2024 @07:58AM (#41281810)
The British have had military satellites since Skynet 1A in 1969 [0], although these historically supported comms rather than ISR.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(satellite)

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Re:UK launches its first Earth-imaging military satellite by jolj on Sunday August 18, 2024 @12:44PM (#41283407)
yes which only makes sense they were used to support five eyes sigint and used US satellites for visint
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