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Let's not forget the US eye in the sky. I wonder if the US has now the ability to track the movement of every single tank, anti-air defense, troop carrier, acro
by cm2187 5y ago
Let's not forget the US eye in the sky. I wonder if the US has now the ability to track the movement of every single tank, anti-air defense, troop carrier, across a whole country. It seems plausible to me.
- daqhris 5y agospecially trained can accomplish the task of tracking a moving object. according to the theories of image recognition and geolocation. embed that software on a swarm of satellites and voilà. add to that any other kind of metadata (heat, size, height, video, image, speed...). military tech that is operated from the sky is an absolute advantage in this century.
- Merad 5y agoI can't remember details but I'm positive I've read about such a capability being developed in the 70s or 80s. I think it was an airborne radar system similar to AWACS except looking at the ground, combined with computer systems that would analyze the data to identify troop movements. With the military resources available today (drones, satellites, ...) and the massive increases in computing power it wouldn't surprise me if they track troop movements in near real-time.
- throwawayForMe2 5y agoJSTARS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STA...