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The military probably has radar on satellites similar to aircraft-mounted battlefield management systems like JSTARS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-8_Joint_ST
by Duff 15y ago
The military probably has radar on satellites similar to aircraft-mounted battlefield management systems like JSTARS
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-8_Joint_STARS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-8_Joint_STARS)
Basically, they can identify tanks, buildings, and other large objects via radar. There are also millimeter band radars that can produce images.
- regularfry 15y agoSatellites can do much better than just identify large objects. Resolution depends on the aperture width, and a satellite in orbit can pretend to have a very wide aperture indeed...