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nradovyesterday at 6:47 PM1 replyview on HN

There might be some secret technology that we're unaware of but as far as we know magnetometers can only be used to detect underwater targets at very short ranges. I highly doubt that they're used on military reconnaissance satellites.


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jasonwatkinspdxyesterday at 8:14 PM

Subs produce a surface level displacement wake that can be detected by SAR.