• glimse@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    This breakthrough suggests that, with just three satellites, China could achieve global, 24/7, all-weather reconnaissance coverage of high-value targets, including US naval fleets.

    To match this capability, other countries might need to deploy hundreds, if not thousands, of satellites.

    Suggests that…Might need to…I don’t think the author is familiar with the subject matter they’re reporting on

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            3 months ago

            There is nothing TO understand. It’s “this thing happened. Here’s two statements of what that might mean”

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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              3 months ago

              There’s plenty to understand. Synthetic apertures allow getting a far higher resolution than you could otherwise which mean that you can place satellites in higher orbit to get the same coverage you’d get with more satellites in a lower orbit. This is what the article says, but you clearly have no clue regrading the subject and just need to argue for the sake of arguing. Go touch some grass.

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                3 months ago

                The article is 6 sentences long and 2 of the sentences are speculation from the author.

                This is not a good article.