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>> Pretty hard to hide from a satellite I'd imagine. Clouds. (Radar sats can see through clouds but can also be jammed.) But even on a clear day, most of the
by sandworm101 7mo ago
>> Pretty hard to hide from a satellite I'd imagine.
Clouds. (Radar sats can see through clouds but can also be jammed.)
But even on a clear day, most of the people looking to target a carrier these days (Iran/hamas etc) don't have their own satellites. But a real-time GPS position accurate to few meters? That could be tactically useful to anyone with a drone.
An active fitness tracker might also give away the ship's readiness state, under the assumption that people aren't going to be doing much jogging while at battle stations.
- tokai 7mo agoIran has their own satellites. They are also allied with Russia that has satellites and launch capabilities.
- drnick1 7mo ago> Iran has their own satellites. It's probably safe to say they have been destroyed, jammed, or spoofed since the war started.
- rtkwe 7mo agoNot destroyed at least. Anything that big would show up pretty clearly, the US and other publish the orbital tracks of anything big enough to be a meaningful spy sat and it being destroyed would show up in that data.
- tokai 7mo agoThat is not safe to say at all. There is not reason to suspect that without any sources. Messing with satellites is a taboo approaching that of nuclear, every time someone test or mention anti-satellite capabilities it has made for international condemnation. So please don't make unlikely claims up without any evidence.
- unselect5917 7mo agoBased on what? They said it would take a few days and now they're asking for $200,000,000,000.00 to continue it, because it's not going as planned and Israel is still getting hammered: https://x.com/search?q=israel%20sirens%20since%3A2026-03-19&f=top&src=typed_query https://x.com/search?q=israel%20sirens%20since%3A2026-03-19&...
- drnick1 7mo ago> because it's not going as planned and Israel is still getting hammered What makes you say that? Iran is a country twice the size of Texas, and dismantling the military-industrial complex of a massive country takes time and money. Iran was outed as a paper tiger last summer, and hasn't been able to meaningfully defend their airspace, navy, or commanders. They are being absolutely destroyed. The question is whether this will be sufficient to cause regime change before the country is sent back to the stone age like Gaza.
- unselect5917 7mo ago>Iran was outed as a paper tiger last summer Everything I posted already refutes that. What are you even doing?
- cwillu 7mo agoRussia has very limited numbers of SAR satellites, it's very unlikely that Iran has any. Specifically, wikipedia suggests Russia has a grand total of 3 such satellites.
- jjwiseman 7mo agoJamming is a good way to make sure everyone knows exactly where you are.
- sandworm101 7mo agoNot so much when dealing with radar sats. A jamming signal directed at a paticular sat can blank out hundreds of square miles from the SAR radar. https://defence-blog.com/russia-is-jamming-european-space-agencys-sentinel-satellite/ https://defence-blog.com/russia-is-jamming-european-space-ag...