Comments on: January 4, 2023 Quick space links

By: sippin_bourbon

sippin_bourbon — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 16:44:36 +0000

” ‘Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak” – Sun Tzu, A long time ago.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 04:34:53 +0000

Guys, I was poking fun at the Chinese. They were trying to shock people with their picture of Norfolk. Anyone with a satellite can take photos. We have been taking satellite photos for over sixty years. Sometimes when the Chinese try to look and sound serious, the propaganda comes off as comical.
One item that was not posted was a video of a Chinese rocket to Mars, but they screwed up and used the planet Venus. Another video from a few years ago was showing off one of their new J-Class jets and they mixed in scenes from the movie “Top Gun”.

I do take them seriously as I watch their developments in technology from their pseudo-companies. I note and compare their engines, the rocket capabilities, and their improvements to Russian technology. I have been following them since I first heard about their manned space program-“Project 921” in 1998 (I thought it was going to be a mini shuttle like Hermes, but it is a copy of a Soyuz). You learn to sift through to the good information and weed out the propaganda.

By: sippin_bourbon

sippin_bourbon — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 01:50:00 +0000

The good Colonel is correct. I seriously doubt they released the fully resolved image.
But even then, put two or three images together, and you can refine the resolution.

Analysis all the way down to the smallest pixel can reveal all kinds of detail. NRO has been doing it for decades.

And I, for one, do not underestimate the Chinese.

Norfolk is wide open anyway. Anyone with a motor boat can drive through Chesapeake bay with a go pro on the bow, and record activity. Plenty of small aircraft can fly near enough with todays optics to see the big stuff like this. Naval vessels in port cannot be hidden. Yamamoto knew this, and used it to his advantage.

I am also reminded of the “Big Carrier” debate. Is is better to have 10 or so big super carriers, (only a portion of which can be at sea at any given time) or is should we be building many less expensive carriers.

By: LTC (Ret.) Ted

LTC (Ret.) Ted — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 23:29:35 +0000

My best guess is that the image was intentionally less sharp to surprise the U. S., later. “Gosh! If that’s all the better the Reds can do, why spend time, effort, and money on cloaking?”