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A US satellite imagery blackout over the Gulf is blinding journalists
- ungreased0675 5mo agoOne of the tasks of military intelligence is bomb damage assessment. In other words, did the thing we wanted to destroy get destroyed? This is critically important information that enables future operations planning. For example, if you bombed missile launch sites one day, can operations be safely conducted in that area, or were inconsequential storage sheds hit and all the launchers are still there? So, when journalists are publishing pictures of “the still-smoking operations center at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait”, they’re performing a valuable military intelligence function for Iran. If they could act with a little more self restraint, maybe even a touch of national interest, this problem wouldn’t exist.
- cjbenedikt 5mo agoThe problem would also not exist had the Iran not been attacked without reason...just saying.
- ungreased0675 5mo agoThat has nothing to do with my comment.
- EA-3167 5mo agoWhether or not you agree with the decision to attack Iran (for the record I DON'T agree with it) the fact remains that the conflict is ongoing. If your standard for force protection and conflict in general is that it's only important when we all agree with the conflict, it should be easy to see why that isn't workable.
- doubleg72 5mo agoTo assume Iran has no access to imagery is just silly