Comment on Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on US bases
amorangi@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
Russia is sharing these images with Iran anyway.
Comment on Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on US bases
amorangi@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
Russia is sharing these images with Iran anyway.
totally_human_emdash_user@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Yes, the Russian government is probably happy to share these images with the Iranian government, but my understanding is that the military units who are firing missiles are acting independently after our decapitation strike took out the Supreme Leader, which was the one to whom they had pledged their allegiance. (There is a moral here: taking out the leader does not necessarily get rid of the organization, it just means you no longer have a single person you can negotiate with to in order to get it to back down.) Thus, the people firing missiles might not actually be able to benefit from images provided by the Russian government.