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Yes, the military (intelligence) community have had these capabilities - and more - for quite some time. Some of the same capabilities are being released for "n
by TrackerFF 3y ago
Yes, the military (intelligence) community have had these capabilities - and more - for quite some time. Some of the same capabilities are being released for "non-military" use, which just means that regulatory agencies etc. can get the same data for non-military ops.
But, as someone who's working on exactly that, it is not easy - and there's a lot of red tape to wade through. The data gets filtered by the military, and then you get whatever scraps are left. Scans/passes of areas with too much military activity tend to be off-limits.
A big threat is that people could start to fingerprint radar signatures, which in turn isn't ideal if you're a, say, navy or intelligence ship.
Not that your adversaries (read: China, Russia, etc.) probably don't have that exact type of data, but it's just standard practice to minimize exposure.