Great power competition did not disappear with the end of the Cold War. Nowadays, tensions are rising between the USA with Trump's zero-sum-gain policies, Russia with its aggressive behaviour toward its neighbours, and finally China with its restored military and economic status. This competition takes many forms. Trade wars, alliances and propaganda campaigns are one.… Continue reading Detecting hypersonics
An analysis of the USA-202 ORION satellite and its capabilities, based on classified documents.
Following our previous article which described what kind of Soviet emitters the USA could target, here is a timeline of the satellites that performed the collection.
A quick overview of the various types of signal intelligence targets, with an emphasis on the Soviet Cold War systems
I wanted to make a short post on today's US spy satellites, but I realized that to speculate about them, it's better to have some historical perspective. So I assembled a condensed history of the US reconnaissance system (only for imagery, the electronic side is covered in History of the US high-altitude SIGINT system). I… Continue reading History of the US reconnaissance system
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