Sputnik: Russia's New Top-Notch Eye in the Sky to Spy on Kiev's Military Facilities - Source
Satellite reconnaissance provides high-quality data that can be used for various purposes. Data collected this way can be used to track the movement of troops, ships, and aircraft, and to monitor the activities of other countries.
A new Russian radar satellite will be able to conduct reconnaissance against Ukrainian military facilities as often as twice a day, a source told Sputnik.
"The new Kondor-FKA radar satellite, which was launched into orbit on Saturday, will be used for reconnaissance of Ukrainian military installations. It will pass over Ukraine on average twice a day and is capable of detecting military objects in radar range with a resolution of one meter," a source said.
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Update #1: Roskosmos launches radar-observation satellite (Russian Space Web)
Update #2: Russia takes Kondor-FKA No. 1 civilian radar observation satellite to orbit (TASS)
WNU Editor: I suspect this satellite is already providing intelligence data.
Interesting article. I bet there’s a platoon or more worth of men working around the clock to identify some juicy new Uke targets to sink a kalibre or two into. Don’t look up
ReplyDeleteLOL wishful thinking?
Deletea platoon is not all that numerous. Why not?
DeleteThe umbrella is a nice touch in case it rains in space. Keep ducking...
ReplyDeleteAnd you can bet the U.S is doing it better and more often for Ukraine. Those storm shadows and scalps are gonna be paying a visit soon enough
ReplyDeleteYes we know
ReplyDeleteFazzy, you got storm shadow on the brain.
Dont you worry
never fear
Robin Hodd
will soon be here.