[Karl Spooner]

Russians outsmarted them again. I've heard it is more extensive than they admit to, like jamming any portion of the battlefield from prying eyes in the sky.

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Deliberate Interference?

[Owen]

Your picture is photoshopped.

Interference will conform to 3 dB roll off, like any other electromagnetic signal and that would result in gradual effects at the relevant distance from center.

Someone drew a box on the photo with straight line edges.