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Russia Deploys Tactical Drones In The Arctic, Exposes Rarely-Seen US Spy Satellite Images
While the USA is busy killing US civilians and terrorists with its drone program, Russia is set to deploy its own Orlan-10 drones in the oil- and gas-rich Arctic region (reportedly to monitor the climate situation). As SputnikNews reports, Colonel Aleksandr Gordeev stated "the drones' task is to maintain impartial control of the situation in the Russian sector of the Arctic, including the ecological and ice situation in the adjoining sea areas and along the Northern Sea Route." So, passive-agressive? However, Russia also chose this week to release rarely-seen images of a US intelligence satellite which as one analyst notes is provocative (but obscure in its intent other than the growing recognition of US space-based surveillance assets).
#Russia to deploy #Orlan-10 #TUAVs to the #Arctic in May @ http://t.co/1POJxTs0PI pic.twitter.com/ADtBY7fH0h
— Lowlands Solutions (@LowlandsSN) April 24, 2015
As Sputnik News reports, Russian drones will be deployed in the Arctic and along the Northern Sea Route starting May 1 to monitor the climate situation and the deterioration of Arctic ice, as well as to aid in navigation and search and rescue missions.
The drones — Orlan-10s from the Eastern Military District — will be deployed from the Chukotka Peninsula, which lies just opposite Alaska's Seward Peninsula.
The drone unit's mission will be "managing objective control over the situation in the Russian Arctic," added Gordeev. The UAVs will be delivered via heavy Mi-26 transport helicopters, and the station will be manned by graduates of the Defence Ministry’s remote control aviation center.
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The announcement of the creation of the drone unit near the city of Anadyr in November came a few months after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the establishment of a separate public body responsible for the implementation of Russian policies in the Arctic and a unified network of naval facilities to host advanced warships and submarines to boost the protection of Russia's interests and borders in the area.
Russia is looking to build up its presence in the oil- and gas-rich Arctic region in accordance with the country's revised military doctrine, signed by President Vladimir Putin in December 2014.
But that was not all that Russia was up to this week... As The Federation of American Scientists reports, a Russian satellite tracking facility in Siberia has produced rarely-seen photographs of a U.S. intelligence satellite.
The U.S. LACROSSE radar satellite was captured in images generated at Russia’s Altay Optical Laser Center (profiled here), apparently between 2005 and 2010.
A selection of images was compiled and analyzed by Allen Thomson.
“The images contain enough information (range, angular scale) to perform a bit of technical intelligence (i.e., sophomore high school trigonometry) on the radar antenna size, which is a significant parameter affecting capability,” Mr. Thomson, a former CIA analyst, told Secrecy News.
While provocative, the intent of the imagery disclosure was obscure, he said.
“Why did the Russians release the images? The US is highly paranoid about releasing resolved images of spysats, ours or others. The Russian paranoia is at least as great, so how did these images get out? What was the purpose?”
The images themselves seem to be mostly just a curiosity. But perhaps they underscore the growing visibility and the corresponding vulnerability of U.S. space-based assets.
“Our asymmetrical advantage in space also creates asymmetrical vulnerabilities,” said Gil Klinger, a defense intelligence official, last year. “Our adversaries recognize our dependence on space and continue to think of ways to respond to our space advantage.”
He testified at a 2014 House Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. national security space activities, the record of which has recently been published. Space protection, orbital debris, the industrial base and related topics were addressed.
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It appears the Russians have been busy.
But one thing did jump out whewn gazing at the space images...
coincidence?
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Will Ruskies show images of Apollo landing place?
we see your sat, do you see our quantum torpedoes
Let's have some fun with this.
12.5' Dish operating in the UHF bands for interception of microwave tower OTH (Over the Horizon) scatter transmissions... Most likely close to 130 db of gain.
The appendage arm is the rebroadcaster for downlink of the information.
The *interesting* part is it has no solar panels. Can you spell N-U-C-L-E-A-R powered!!
Clearly this is my guess some form of Keyhole Satellite under NSA control. One crashed in Peru back in 2007 with it's PU-238 Nuclear Core.
"Russian Military Intelligence Analysts are reporting today that one of the United States most secretive spy satellites, the KH-13, targeting Iran was 'destroyed in its orbit' with its main power generator powered by the radioactive isotope Pu-238 surviving re-entry and crashing in a remote region of the South American Nation of Peru, and where hundreds are reported to be ill from radiation poisoning."
It was destroyed in orbit but it's main body made a 30 foot crater in the earth (these bitches are heavy)
http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/feedback/20-09-2007/97410-american_spy_...
They reeeallly do not like it when we watch the stuff they watch us with..
Thye will shoot down the satellite with the S-500 system if they pass over Russian space.
If there is something you know that we do not - the S-500 maximum altitude according to wikipedia is about 185 km, A low earth satellite starts at 160 and goes to 3000 km and most likely these Keyhole satellites are well outside the range of the S-500 system.
The thing that is fascinating I guess is the US is (according to public record) *out* out Plutonium-238 and unable to make any more nuclear batteries or can only make 2 more. The thing I suspect about the 2007 Keyhole accident is did the Russian deliberately fire a powerful microwave signal to the satellite to deliberately cause it's battery core to overheat and explode?
Also see China's programs. Everyone is preparing for World War 3.
That Russian drone sure looks like the one they sell at Hobby People.
monitoring the release of the methane?
its paid for
That Drone is unremarkable. It's actually more akin to a species of radio Controlled Plane called a 'Pattern Ship' than anything designed with endurance in mind.
Hobby People makes stuff rated to operate at -50? That's news to me.
I don't know Hobby People, but most modern fixed-wing models will likely work at -50 just fine: polystyrene construction with an ARM Cortex MCU to heat the interior. The 80km range, high winds, icing, and ANAV near a magnetic pole are bigger problems. Not unworkable, but still problems unaddressed by temperate zone flight systems.
Thanks for the link above, great site btw...! +1
Solar pannel have a tendancy to reflect light and therefor give away their position.
"Solar pannel have a tendancy to reflect light and therefor give away their position."
True, but Nuclear power satellites are visible 24/7 to radiologal telescopes -- They actually glow and ruin the observation of the background radiation which can be extremely faint. Anyone who wants to can find a nuclear satellite -- even the newest spy ones. It has been that way from the 1960s. It is not a secret.
Sorcha Faal = damage control
Considering that the typical parabolic reflector has 50-65 dB of gain, 130 would be impressive as hell. But you do know that without very advance DSP algos most of that gain would be wasted as the signals would be buried in kTB noise, far below what CDMA does terrestrially.
Which suggests to me advanced signal processiing long before it started to show up with consumers, which is not surprising.
You don't know what the hell you are talkng about either ...
Powerfull signal processing arrived 'on the street' with the Motorola 56000 DSP in the late 80's. Been getting better ever since.
cnmcdee
12.5' Dish operating in the UHF bands for interception of microwave tower OTH (Over the Horizon) scatter transmissions... Most likely close to 130 db of gain.
Pure Bullsh!t.
Your numbers are off, WAY off.
The S-band WSR-88D NEXRAD S-band RADAR uses a center-feed, parabolic dish. Size (dia.) is 9 meters (28 ft.), beam width of 0.95 deg and a gain of 45.5 dB
At UHF (500 MHz) the gain would be LESS than 45 dB.
\“Our asymmetrical advantage in space also creates asymmetrical vulnerabilities,”
Really? So if we didn't have an asymmetrical advantage, we wouldn't have an asymmetrical vulnerabilty. What a load of BS!
And to think these are the clowns that are formulating our defense policy?
Unfortunately for that satellite it doesn't have force fields/shields up. The GREAT SPACE TURKEY SHOOT is coming up folks.
Common sense says that if you can see something, you can kill it. The name of the Russian site that released this is itself interesting - what else do they do there with lasers?
Perhaps releasing these pictures is a message to the US psychopaths that the X-47B space plane is not invulnerable....
Lasers? I don't think so. EMP would be much more effective.
MASER-like directed EMP? Doesn't sound far out at all, why would we assume that EMP always scales to the cube of distance (spherical propagation)...
why waste a nuke when microwave generation is socheap ?
"Will Ruskies show images of Apollo landing place?"
Possible if the Russians have their cameras pointed at the Earth and not the moon.
Liberty is a demand. Tyranny is submission.
"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. No! Fuck that! I'm not doing another take. These suits are too damn hot, and I'm burning my nuts off. Work with what you got in editing. Now, where's my coffee? Who's got my coffee? Come on Buzz, there's this new chick in the cafeteria that you have just got to see. Yeah, I know. But she can't tell anyone without going to jail, or worse."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32443264
Russia inks deal with Argentina for nukes and defense
With Russian military technology and assistance, it is only a matter of time when the Islas Malvinas aka "Falkland Islands" finally return to Argentina.
Are the two people who voted for that in the last referendum going to kill all the rest?
If Putin wants to engage in some asymetrical warfare, he can cause a lot of damage to the Anglo part of the Zionist Oligarchy by convincing the Argies to retake the Malvinas.
It took Thatcher months to mount a counter attack back in the 1980s and UK's is spending a *lot* less on defense these days - they would probably NOT be able to take the Malvinas back - this would blow a huge hole in the UK's reputation and expose them for the weak, rabid US Zionist lapdogs that they are...
Good in theory but there is a problem.
If Argentina took the Falkland Islands, which were never part of Argentina and whose population have voted overwhelmingly to remain part of the UK (hey, just like Crimea and Russia), the UK no longer has the naval ability to retake. The problem is taking them now.
The UK didn't have troops stationed there previously so Argentina had an unopposed invasion and then the UK had to mount an invasion from the other side of the globe to retake. And there was no expectation of Argentina attempting an invasion.
The UK now has troops stationed there and ability to augment quickly (since basically just infantry / special forces, no tanks, etc needed). They are also alert to the possibility of an Argentinian invasion.
So Putin could try convincing Argentina to retake the Falkland Islands but it won't happen. Putin is realistic about what he does. He will concentrate on winners, not losers.
when did falkland referendum took place ?
After the UK filled the place up with Brits.
From Wikipedia: "The population (2,932 inhabitants in 2012)[A] primarily consists of native-born Falkland Islanders, the majority of British descent"
When you say "after the UK filled the place up with Brits", do you imagine there was anyone there before them?
As your Wikpedia quote makes clear, most of the population are of British descent, not UK born.
And Argentina's population is largely descended from immigrants.
After Britain retook the Falklands. It was almost unanimous, stronger even than the Crimea. And why would you expect it to be any different? The Falklands were populated from the UK, not the mix of ethnic groups that populated Argentina (which of course is NOT ruled by native Indians). Indeed the Falklands were colonised by Britain before Argentina came into existence as a discrete country. They speak English, not Spanish.
In addition the Falklands are about 500 kms to the nearest point in Argentina, well outside what anyone recognises as a national maritime zone.
stronger even than the crimea ? lol They defeated europeans in Sevastopol siege and defended crimea .
It´s much better to provide Argentinia with these lease-bombers and thereby get the (british) UKies to spend billions for defense measures.
Great analysis, but the thing is, if Zion thinks that the Falklands and the possibly oil rich waters around them would be better handled for them by the Argentinians, well...
Liberty is a demand. Tyranny is submission.
No, an Asymmetric move would be to back their currency with Oil and Gold. And then ask the Fed: "What's in your wallet?"
just flood it with migrants on the public dole. no worries.
Putin is prolifigating nuclear technology around the world. China, Turkey, Iran, Argentina.... He is going to level the playfield. Offset the United States Of Ziocanmexmerica.gegmibm and UEziokranSSe. Spread the costs of deterrence around the globe. Relasing pics of military satelites is a warning, we have the capabilities to target your assets in space.
Oh now they did it.....
I always thought it a good idea for earthlings to put up satellites filled with tons of BBs that travel around the earth within opposite directions of all orbiting satellites so that they could expand the BBs out slowly across all satellite flight paths at a speed of around 38,000 MPH. Cheap and effective.
I like it! Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Holy shit you are right. Launching a payload of 1 ton of bb's which simply detonate in a directional rough path towards the satellite belts would take out the whole grid of them. Goodbye GPS, Rosanne Bar, CNN, weather and survey satellites.
Do it. We can loose Rosanne Bar. Send her back to Hell.
Someone is peering back through the Keyhole.
That sucks...especially since those Russian satellites all have cloaking devices. Or was the the Klingons?
The Ancient Aliens people are gonna go nuts. Someone from a distant solar system had to provide the intelligence to the US spy network to build that stuff.
Next up...satellite images of Ukrainian Jets shooting down MH-17
"It appears the Russians have been very busy"
would you not?
Ambrose says the US is all set to seriously queer Russia's natgas biz-model
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/11563761/US-to-la...
Yeah, US the great LNG exporter ! What a crock of shit...
the telegraph publishes everything it is told to publish.
this is BS.
no analysis no nothing.
brit propaganda for the ami masters
Years ago I read that the gas has to be refrigerated to a very low temperature to make it become liquid. And the energy needed to do this consumed half the gas. Then it has to be transported, using more energy. And the LNG ships are absurdly dangerous when they are near shore (the mothers of all fuel-air weapons) and can take out cities.
Also, with most of the US west of the Rockies completely running out of water, we are going to ruin most of the fresh water in the East and Midwest by fracking the ground.
All so that we can irritate the Russians. And Russia really does not need Europe at all. (I think Europe is going to be toast anyway.)
But we will have to guzzle down gray water while Putin enjoys nice clear fresh water. We will show him!
The Turks won't allow LNG ships through the Bosporus so no ship-borne LNG for (what's left of) Ukraine.
The USA imports massive amounts of gas from Canada
You mean the Russians can take low res pics of our satalites? OMG!!! I could take just a clear a picture with off the shelf tech if I was so inclined (and knew where to look) so in all honesty, who gives a fuck?
Sharper image people. LMAO You can get a nice telescope that takes decent pictures. If you knew where to look.... Junk away.
Russia released civilian low resolution data of the MH17 shootdown. Their military stuff is much more capable and they don't want others to know how good it is. The same applies here. This is low-resolution non-military stuff, but a big enough hint to those that know the difference in capabilities of civilian and military imaging.
And I ask again, so what? If we know civilian equipment can take pictures of satalites, and it's a game to find them them and photograpph them, then what's the point of the photo at all?
Why not take a picture of Obama and tell us you know our president is black? Low rez or from a state of the art camera you haven't done anything.
one of the most secret things about space is how precisely military sattelites are 'hardened' from radiation attack.
also, russia recently announced that they identified a piece of space 'junk' as a dsiguised space sattelite ( they did not say it was the usg or mic that did it).
check gizadeathstar ( kooky website for conspiarcy cranks with some crackpot shit...fair warning) .
That "junk" was most likely the successor to "Misty." The CIA has had stealth satellites for at least the past 15 years, and "Misty" (aka USA 53) was hidden in a supposed post-launch explosion of debris. The rooskies aren't the only ones that have found these, IDing the stealth satellites is a ticket into the elite of the elite of amateur satellite observers.
Well if they call if the Americans called it space junk then its not a problem for the Russians to use their lasers to shoot down some of that junk.
Great idea, a service to mankind 'clear the sky'.
Pretty easy to ID space junk that's not really junk. If it's transmitting it's a stealth spy sat.
Does anybody here realize that the ruskies loose more oil in the Arctic ocean every year than the BP oil spill? I bet not. Most here love to kiss putins ass, Fact of the matter is they have fuked up so much of the arctic environment that it is hard to even fathem. I am no enviro crazy dude either. I spent 25 years of my life cutting old-growth timber in the northwest and loved almost every minute of it. Proud of every tree I cut, except for the ones I fuked up on and broke. Fact is the Russians are fishing in the Berring sea because they fuked up their oceans so much that they have to fish in ours. Why does nobody cover this? Any well educated crude trader is very familiar with how rickety and old and fuked up the Russian arctic oil infrastructure really is. Why are the enviros harking on us in the USA when there are such bigger targets..........
Go ahead you Ruskie trolls and down vote me for exposing the truth............
BTW this is just publically available info, no speacial access required to learn about the environmental disaters in your fave country, mother russia................
So Global Warming is Putin's fault?
Thanks Mr Troll.
Reading comprehension isn't a strong point eh? He was talking about pollution not global warming.
Isn't the US Military the most ecologically damaging entity in the world?
Wouldn't doubt it. The problem is nobody cares because it is a global force for good and we have to protect ourselves against the Russians, Chinese, Arabs, Tinmen, Scarecrows, and girls in silver slippers.
The down votes make me realize that this site has been taken over by Ruskie trolls..............
Used to be a good trading blog........
Startin g to wonder if it has any value anymore.....
Still some good articles but seems to be more of a ruskie propganda site than an informative trader site...
Just saying, we need more good trading content and less bullshit propaganda or I will have to quit wasting my time with it.......
I do not care about p[olitical bullshit....
I care about info that will help me make money in the futures markets.......
Once uponm a time that was the reason why I came here..............
Russky trolls are taking over the web - that's a bullshit conspiracy theory by the mainstream media.
the down votes are related to the amount of intelligence in the post.
you don't have to be a 'ruskie troll' to see your stupidity.
It was one chance you had to prove the world that you still can add 2 plus 2, if you did not replied. Now you're fucked for eternity.
No go and cut some wood
Total disregard for the environment is pathetic. You make a good point about the Russians probably being atrocious.
Perhaps you were logging after the lumber industry quit logging practices that silted up the streams and decimated the California salmon fisheries, if not you should not be so proud.
Tar sands FTW on the pollution score.
"I spent 25 years of my life cutting old-growth timber "
bully for you dipshit. did you replace it with 'new-growth' or just steal it from 'your' forests.
your oceans? lmao
you've been voted down because too many of those old growth trees fell on your thick head.
What is more effective at doing what trees do, an old tree that is fairly static or new growth that is growing and processing more? Cutting old growth to make room for new growth is actually more effective.
Facts, they suck nuts don't they?
Spending 25 years cutting the woods makes you an environmetalist (being sarcastic here), lacking culture and most probably brains as well, judging your spelling of English langauage.
You're just pissed off because you're too old to go help clearcut the Russian old growth.
Heh Boris, want to try some of this fried spotted owl? Washes down good with Vodka.
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You sick psycopathic ZioNazi controlled evil scum!! You and your masters are cursed beyond redemption for the rest of your very shortened miserable lives on this planet!!!! CURSED!!!! DAMNED!!! FUCK YOU!!!
Is it any wonder at all that none of you cowards have the guts to show your faces?!
Don't forget who is arming and training them. They could be your next door neighbors. See you at the 4th of July parade. Remember this video then.
"Besides K-27, official figures show that the Soviet military dumped a huge quantity of nuclear waste in the Kara Sea: 17,000 containers and 19 vessels with radioactive waste, as well as 14 nuclear reactors, five of which contain hazardous spent fuel. Low-level liquid waste was simply poured into the sea."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-21119774
http://www-ns.iaea.org/appraisals/west-kara.asp
So?
Got any unbiased measurements on its effects?
http://rt.com/news/nuclear-waste-english-channel-785/
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/legacy-danger-old-nuclear-was...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX_lzoYl9AU
A lot more people living close to this nuclear waste than the one in Russia.
Where's Ragnar's response?
Calling Ragnar the troll.
Was that before or after Ambassador Tefft's Boeing plant visit?
Globalism Gets Lift As Boeing’s Plant in Russia Gets Tour From U.S. Ambassador Tefft
Shell To Resume Arctic Drilling
The US doesn't have an Armed Services Committee. There has to be a US first stupid.
Vladimir Putin: "I can see Sarah Palin's house from here!"
I can see Moochelle's ass from here.
Better go watch 60 Minutes..two parts on the US satellites and they're worried about the competition..we;re not alone up there any more...
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-battle-above-part-one/
Global warming is nothing more than a head game.....
This idea that the people in the USA can change the universe is nothing more than a very arrogant concept dreamed up by the elite to try to take the rest of our savings/ property from us in the 99.9%
They can fuk off......
We know better and can in time kick their asses............
I hope.
Maybe Russia has a Ghawar in their arctic. Between that thought, Russia's gold holdings, productive crop land, various commodities, 13% flat tax and their fuck you I wont do what you tell me attitude.. They are setting a very bad example, it's clear that TPTB must destroy standards of living, currencies and all existence to fund blowing the shit out of the last nations on Earth that are not properly on their knees. Who the hell do these Rooskies think they are!
America (& west) relies too much on its satellites.
Kill the American military & GPS satellites.
America will become just like a third world country.
Easy to invade.
I think Russians should keep ready one anti-satellile missile (or 2) for each of the American satellite, and in the difficult times, kill them , blinded, then nuking America would be much easier.
Why invade, when the US is already taking itself back into the Stone Age by non maintaining infrastructure?
WTF would ever want to invade the USA now? It's got absolutely nothing to offer. Just tens of millions of grossly overweight brain-dead zombies, its natural resources pretty much sucked dry and an infrastructure falling into complete disrepair.
But look at Russia... huge tracts of land becoming more valuable by the day if the global warming story is even half true. Mountains of resources just waiting for the taking to be shared out by a comparitively smaller population.
I can see who really wants to take someone elses property in this case without question.
Beam me up Scotty there is no intelligent life down here.
Perhaps in the Chinese Space Station,Tiangong, there is a 17,000 mph scooter that can spin around and about the LEO.
And on this Space golf cart there is manually operated and very long pogo like stick.
And a couple of Sinonauts can wizz around the ring of the world's satellites and punch the American communication and GPS satellites into bootless orbits.
" “Our asymmetrical advantage in space also creates asymmetrical vulnerabilities,” said Gil Klinger,"
these clowns live in a different reality.
what the f*ck do you expect you exceptional fool?
the world to sit it out while you pollute space with your paranoidal bs.
klinger you are a fool.
As the Russians and Chinese aim their lasers and anti-satellite missiles towards space, they project a quiet message via photos to the US - "We see you".
Articles of the Holy Hubri$.
Almost 50 years after being mooned, there are still some that "believe" that Mercans "landed" on the moon (no pun intended) USing fred flintstone technology, cruised in a "moon" buggy, shot a round of golf, had lunch, blasted off in a tinfoil covered tin can and got back to Earth in time to watch Archie Bunker. Pricele$$!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xciCJfbTvE4
to perform a bit of technical intelligence (i.e., sophomore high school trigonometry) on the radar antenna size, ...)
Thanks for telling it was RADAR. I just assumed it was uncle sam's CB radio.
The Russian "tactical" drones look like toy RC aircraft I can build with bits from Hobbyking or something like that. Russia have a lot more sophisticated UAVs than the Orlan-10. I would say it's a pretty mild reconnaissance mission.
China will blockade Taiwan
The US will send their ships.
Then Russia will strike the fatal blow to the US from the North.
Dumitru Duduman vision 1995
Shortly after that vision Yeltsin and the president of China met and declared that the US should not be the world leader.
Then China did blockade Taiwan with ships and the US responded
It was a test run which also verified the above vision
It will happen in due time.
After the US shot down one of our own failing satellites the Chinese responded by shooting down one of theirs. If Bill Clinton hadn't gave them the guidance chip tech they could not have done this. I hope the Clinton's enjoyed the campaign contributions. The X-37B is scheduled to go back up next month. If the US actually put the "Thor's Hammer" satellite up with those tungsten steel "God Rods" in them I would want to take them down quick if I were opposing the US. A totally kinetic weapon that can't be defeated after launch is scary shit. Who knows what kind of Star Wars type shit the US has up there. I do know a guy who helped in making DU pellets that could presumably be shot in space. Not unlike the DU rounds made for use on the ground. I love America but hate our government. At least Putin cares for his country. Our HNIC doesn't give a shit about ours.