Satellite image of the sunken Costa Concordia.

Are you not aware of Google Earth? And Street view.
But Mil cameras are even better :D
 
Alarm said:
Are you not aware of Google Earth? And Street view.
But Mil cameras are even better :D
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I know someone that worked in Military Intelligence. We were on about Afghanistan and the likes one night and the conversation got on to satellites, spying et al. He said to me, "Even if I told you what we can see, hear and know, which I won't (bloody spoil sport!), you wouldn't believe me". I said I would... honest. 8) He didn't take the bait! :evil: Perhaps MI5 were listening in? Perhaps they're reading our posts?! :shock: Joking aside, it would be fascinating to get an insight into their world.
 
Alarm said:
A sat can read a number plate, the newspaper on the dashboard.
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Yeah I know all that mate. He was on about 'what they can see' as in 'where' ie a clear line of sight not required. How and by what means he didn't go into for obvious reasons.
 
Three are “visible light” satellites, the most recent of which resemble the Hubble Space Telescope and were built by the same contractor at the same Lockheed Martin facility in Sunnyvale, Calif. They are known in the spy trade as “Keyhole-class” satellites. And they have a resolution of 5 to 6 inches, meaning they can distinguish an object that small, but no smaller, on the ground.

Two other satellites are radar-imaging, built by Lockheed Martin in Watertown, Colo. Their resolution is about 3 feet.

While satellites cannot read license plates, they can tell if a car has one. While they cannot tell a mullah by the length of his beard, they can help analysts figure out how many people are chanting along with him at a street demonstration. And while they cannot hover over an area and provide real-time images, other “assets” such as unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, can do that
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Diffraction and diffusion by the atmosphere prevents any detail being obtained by satellite. That will never change.
 
Not down to the level of reading newspapers. Chaos theory comes into play.
 
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