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sandworm101today at 2:29 PM2 repliesview on HN

>> Pretty hard to hide from a satellite I'd imagine.

Clouds. (Radar sats can see through clouds but can also be jammed.)

But even on a clear day, most of the people looking to target a carrier these days (Iran/hamas etc) don't have their own satellites. But a real-time GPS position accurate to few meters? That could be tactically useful to anyone with a drone.

An active fitness tracker might also give away the ship's readiness state, under the assumption that people aren't going to be doing much jogging while at battle stations.


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jjwisemantoday at 7:42 PM

Jamming is a good way to make sure everyone knows exactly where you are.

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tokaitoday at 5:42 PM

Iran has their own satellites. They are also allied with Russia that has satellites and launch capabilities.

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