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Intelligence satellites are definitely doing this. https://time.com/5779315/russian-spacecraft-spy-satellite-space-force/ https://time.com/5779315/russian-spac
by bagels 4y ago
Intelligence satellites are definitely doing this.
https://time.com/5779315/russian-spacecraft-spy-satellite-space-force/ https://time.com/5779315/russian-spacecraft-spy-satellite-sp...
- MichaelZuo 4y agoMaybe all this secret tit-for-tat contributes to why the pentagon is so willing to send all their old equipment to Ukraine.
- kube-system 4y agoSpending 5% of their budget to cut Russia's military in half is an amazing value. And without putting any US lives into the conflict. Sending over weapons is a no-brainer. https://cepa.org/article/its-costing-peanuts-for-the-us-to-defeat-russia/ https://cepa.org/article/its-costing-peanuts-for-the-us-to-d... On top of that, the Pentagon gets to see how that equipment performs in the real world.
- hackernewds 4y agoAll of Russia's human military dwindled does not negate their military capabilities.
- mrguyorama 4y agoIt's also incredible advertising for western arms manufacturers, especially after several decades of them basically being the bad guys in the public's eyes.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoThe article doesn't include an analysis of projected Russian retaliation though? So I wouldn't go far as to say it's a no-brainer since there's always a tit-for-tat process going on behind the scenes.
- Paradigma11 4y agoRussia already has been a hostile nation for more than a decade and will try to do as much damage as it can without incurring additional retaliation anyway. Nothing changes here. Besides after more than a year of war this is an interesting but purely counterfactual analysis without much relevance for today.
- MichaelZuo 4y ago> Russia already has been a hostile nation for more than a decade and will try to do as much damage as it can without incurring additional retaliation anyway. Nothing changes here. Not quite, since there are taboos that even the Kremlin has been afraid to break so far. Such as poisoning diplomats, deploying weapons to space, messing with subsea cables, etc... But theoretically they have less to lose than the U.S. because they have less diplomats, have less space assets, and so on. So one day the decision makers may be tempted to get one back.
- sidewndr46 4y agoWhat exactly is Russian going to do in retaliation? They've already failed to invade an ex-Soviet neighbor. At this point if I were Russian I'd be concerned Finland might just annex the whole country and nothing could be done to stop them.
- rob74 4y agoWell, there's always the (quite literally in this case) nuclear option. But I hope not even Putin is crazy enough for that...
- sidewndr46 4y agoWhile it does exist as an option, I'm not entirely convinced any significant number of the weapons they retain function. Their military seems to be in shambles. They have so many nuclear weapons that certainly at least a handful are usable, but how would they know what weapons function?
- ComodoHacker 4y agoSome US volunteers, instructors and engineers have died from Russian airstrike to some training facility IIRC.
- alchemist1e9 4y agoPretty sad that Ukrainian and Russian human lives probably didn’t enter any of that equation as having any value. It’s likely extremely negative value when properly integrated into future potential outcome. For example the “badwill” it will generate from relatives and decedents of all the dead. I doubt fueling war is ever a good strategy in the long run.
- Paradigma11 4y agoCompared to peace and prosperity, sure. Compared to Russia winning and subjugating more of the Ukrainian nation and population, much less so. Who cares what the motivation of some bigwigs in Washington is, as long as they are helping Ukraine defending their country. It is Russia that invaded and annexed territories of its neighbor and who can end this war any time by going home.