Iran reportedly bought an in-orbit Chinese satellite to target US military sites in the Middle East — purchase agreement included ongoing ground control services based in China

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This gave Tehran enhanced satellite imaging capabilities and made it nearly impossible for Israel and the U.S. to target the infrastructure supporting it.

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Sensible decision to take

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Dang.

Just outright purchased, not even like a lease or access plan?

WTF is this ‘free market’ doing in my intelligence driven war?

… Just outright selling spy satellites… fuck. That is legitimately a growth market rofl.

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I see no problem with this. Fair is fair. What I have an issue with is the US military having such weak defenses at their populated facilities before starting shit.

My favorite SaaS (Satellite as a service) story was when George Clooney bought satellite tracking of militias in Sudan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Sentinel_Project

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That’s pretty funny

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