Saturday, September 7, 2019

What We Know About America's KH-11 Recon Satellites


Popular Mechanics: Everything We Know About America's Secret KH-11 Recon Satellites

When President Trump tweeted classified satellite photos, it startled the intelligence community—and revealed the capabilities of the U.S. spy satellite network.

Spy satellites have been with us since the dawn of the Space Age. In fact, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), which maintains a database of operational satellites, says that as of March, there were more than 2,000 of the devices in Earth orbit, 176 of which were operated by the U.S. military. (In total, roughly 5,000 satellites are in orbit, most no longer operational.) It’s a good bet that many of those are loaded down with cameras and other sensors used to keep tabs on adversaries.

But while we’ve known about these high-flying cameras for decades, and indeed seen them crop up with usually exaggerated capabilities in spy films, their true powers have been closely guarded secrets. At least, that is, until President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to tweet out an image of an exploded rocket launch facility in Iran taken by a U.S. spy satellite, an image that showed just how good U.S. hardware is at securing crisp, high-resolution images.

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WNU Editor: This is not the first time an image was revealed, and it will probably not be the last time.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's one very impressive satellite photo that could have easily just been taken from a drone.

Hans Persson said...

I don't understand the fuzz. This was no secret. They have even better resolutions.

Anonymous said...


"This is not the first time an image was revealed, and it will probably not be the last time."

Typical for Democrats. Make a fuss over everything like Sharpiegate.

On Thursday , August 29th, Alabama had a 30% chance of being hit by the hurricane. The Alabama National Guard was staging for it. So was the DNC. It was ready to pounce. What is their motto?

Never let a crisis go to waste!

Even if there is not one.

Anonymous said...


"Trump was dead wrong on the Alabama thing." - asshole


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AL National Guard
@AlabamaNG

#HurricaneDorian is projected to reach southern Alabama by the early part of the week. We are watching closely and #ready to act. Are you?

https://al.ng.mil/ALABAMA/Pages/alabama-home.aspx

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Sharpie President? Alabama National Guard Mobilized for Hurricane Dorian

FEMA established multiple staging areas, including the Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany in Georgia, Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama and the North Air Force Auxiliary Field in South Carolina. Staff, equipment and commodities are moving forward to support requests from states.

- Fema.gov

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Just substitute 'Stupid Mother Fucker' for 'Smooth Operator' and that will sum up a liberal in a nutshell.

Poor liberals. So retarded!

Anonymous said...


"I don't understand the fuzz. This was no secret. They have even better resolutions."

I up-vote Hans's comment

DAR said...

True: Latest KH-11 capabilities are no secret to the Russians and Chinese. More secret are its maneuvering capabilities, and armour to deflect attacks of many varied types. The Iranians have to assume any "interesting" activity they do on open ground is going to be seen. Where America is weak in Iran is with HUMINT.

Anonymous said...

Trump minions made up bullshit about Alabama and you use that to justify?
you are too fucking dumb to argue with

Federal weather agency assailed after it reverses course and backs Trump’s Alabama hurricane claim - Chicago Tribune

Anonymous said...

"Trump minions made up bullshit about Alabama ..." - ASS WIPE

People moved personnel, material and money around in Alabama because of the hurricane.

You are going after Trump and giving Slow Joe Biden a pass. Says a lot about you. None of it good mind you.