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To: DUMBGRUNT

If the Ukrainians were smart they wouldn’t pay for these until they were destroyed by Russian fire. Aerial photography is far more DETAILED now than it was in WW2 when these were valuable assets. Just sayin’.


3 posted on 03/06/2023 3:51:12 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAXI)
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To: House Atreides

Oh…. Wait a minute. That’s right, Ukraine isn’t paying for these. The American taxpayers are likely paying.


4 posted on 03/06/2023 3:52:21 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAXI)
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To: House Atreides

These decoys are also more detailed.

Some of what we have seen of Russian Orlan drone video is pretty poor. Those were the standard Russian artillery spotter drones at the start of the war.

And video from drones generally is marginal at a distance. If used for artillery spotting they may be hard pressed to distinguish a dummy at a kilometer or more.

As for satellites - it depends on the satellite, and the system behind it. We have no idea what military satellites and the military intelligence guys who process imagery are capable of.


14 posted on 03/06/2023 4:25:35 PM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: House Atreides

They are working in this war.


16 posted on 03/06/2023 4:38:15 PM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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