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Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on US bases (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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In the last few days, Planet’s satellite imagery showed the aftermath of Iranian missile and drone strikes on US and allied bases in the region, including damage to the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain and to a $1 billion US-built early warning radar in Qatar used for tracking incoming projectiles. Planet said it wants to prevent “adversarial actors” from using its data for “Battle Damage Assessment (BDA)” purposes. In other words, the company doesn’t want to help Iran’s military know where it succeeded and where it failed.

We of the general public aren't hearing a lot about the success or failure of Iran's retaliatory attacks on US bases and logistics in the region, and this decision is putting us further in the dark.

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[–] 15 points 5 months ago

The reasons they give are bullshit, this is about towing a positive line for the current US regime.

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    [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Yeah. Kinda like how gallop not releasing polls tells us it's bad. Kinda let's Iran know it's campaign was a success and to copy it.

    Interesting to think the government ever let a company publicly publish satellite images.

    I have a feeling that a weather satellite would take a picture

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