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Whatever the quantity and quality of Russia's satellite surveillance systems - most of their worst intelligence failures in this war suggest that their chain of
by bell-cot 2y ago
Whatever the quantity and quality of Russia's satellite surveillance systems - most of their worst intelligence failures in this war suggest that their chain of command is very high-impedance for transmitting unwelcome intelligence up to the top.
That is a very common problem in well-entrenched autocracies, especially in closed and censorious societies.
(Also, here in late 2024, I suspect that most of "Russia's" satellite intel capability is actually "friendly Chinese" satellite intel capability. Which has its own set of issues - starting with China's wanting to avoid an actual Russian victory, and ending with Putin's emotions about dependence on China's self-serving charity.)
- dredmorbius 2y agoThat's also painfully evident. But even a tell'em-what-they-want-to-hear establishment is ultimately limited by their raw data-gathering capabilities. Your observation raises the question I'd also had about what China's own capabilities are. (And how reliable China's interpretation/analysis organisation's communications are.)