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Russia's air strikes on Ukraine aimed using satellite images from US companies

by mikpanko on 3/18/24, 1:37 PM with 5 comments

  • by blueyes on 3/18/24, 1:55 PM

    This is part of a trend. Sanctions are easy to get around. The Russian war machine runs on Western parts, much as it did in th WWII.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-got-components-w...

    More recently, Starlinks started to be used by Russian troops in the occupied territories.

    But the difference between a US chip being used in Russian devices, and a Starlink terminal or satellite image archive being bought by Russians, is that the latter are digital services where it is relatively easy to identify the user, and which can be turned off any time!

  • by mikpanko on 3/18/24, 1:38 PM