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Declassified spy satellite images reveal 400 Roman Empire forts in the Middle East (www.space.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/history@lemmy.world
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'Intensive fort construction' took place at the borders of Rome's reach.

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[–] [S] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just releasing spy imagery can be dangerous because you're showing any potential enemy the detail of your satellite surveillance. Maybe they could come up with some method but I imagine they pentagon will default to keeping classified information classified.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Didn't trump nonchalantly tweet a satellite image with crazy resolution when he was president?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I honestly don't know but it wouldn't surprise me. At one point he was pushing my blood pressure up so much I just stopped posting attention to anything in the news that mentioned him though.

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  • [+] -21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Oh man, if only the Federal Fucking Government could figure out how to do anything like declassify material...

    https://www.archives.gov/declassification/ndc

    Five fucking seconds of your favorite search engine. Try it.

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