Washington has become extremely paranoid about a series of rare images of its Lacrosse spy satellites (# 2,3,4 and 5), which were recently released by Russia.
The US is trying to find a reason why Russia has disclosed its images of secret Lacrosse US spy satellites.
It is busy guessing what the actual reason behind the disclosure is; while it continues to think it might be a way for Russia to challenge what the US sees as its “space advantage”, a more likely answer comes from Germany: it’s simply a way “to show that Moscow is aware”.

Former CIA analyst Allen Thomson has compiled and analyzed the shots captured by Russia’s Altay Optical Laser center somewhat between 2005 and 2010.
The existence of the Lacrosse terrestrial radar imaging reconnaissance satellites, operated by the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), was not officially confirmed for a long time, its existence was declassified only in 2008.
Lacrosse satellites use synthetic aperture radar as their prime imaging instrument. It is able to see through cloud cover and its gaze also has some ability to penetrate soil.
The name Lacrosse is used to refer to all of these orbital spycraft, while there is another name, Onyx, which is sometimes used to refer to the three newer units.
Five Lacrosse spacecraft have been launched, and three are currently in orbit.
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US spy satellite
“The [released] 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,” Thomson said, as quoted by the US media.
“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?” Thomson questions.

“The images themselves seem to be mostly just a curiosity,” he supposed. “But perhaps they underscore the growing visibility and the corresponding vulnerability of US space-based assets.”
Then Thomson however supposed that it might be a way “to respond to our [their] space advantage”, citing Gil Klinger, a defense intelligence official, who testified at a 2014 House Armed Services Committee hearing on US national security space activities.
Klinger then said that the US asymmetrical advantage in space "also creates asymmetrical vulnerabilities”.

The answer came from the German news site Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten, which supposed that it is a way to show that “Moscow always knows what the US is up to”.

Two elephants at war.

America always up to one mischief or the other. But i know Russia can't be outsmarted.

Putin is one badass ni.gga

I just know that when you think you are so smart someone some where is smater than you

vislabraye:
America always up to one mischief or the other. But i know Russia can't be outsmarted.

Thats true, brother. Both sides are checkmating one another on multiple fronts. Just when you think this one is losing there, its up somewhere doing something else to counter.

But our prayers is that it should not lead to the extent of pressing that ''N'' button, because i see madness and paranoa lurking behind close doors.

Appleyard, where is your source?

Missy89:
Appleyard, where is your source?

Hey, Missy, where have you been? Missing you and Sirshymexx on important thread as this.
Well, here is the link, but know that you will never find it in the numerous western obsessed media goons.

http://defence.pk/threads/say-cheese-russia-snaps-photos-of-top-secret-us-spysats.372915/

Or should we say 'just another rumour' from the putin fan boys, my dear Missy89?

Pls oblige me your thought on this.
Thanks.

More like Russia, telling yanks. we did it, go do your worst

this is the country Jonathan should have been wooing to free Nigeria from the hands of America, British, the north and obj with his cabals. he wanted to do it alone. he never understood how politics is played. Putin continue giving those scavengers headache

bonechamberlain:
this is the country Jonathan should have been wooing to free Nigeria from the hands of America, British, the north and obj with his cabals. he wanted to do it alone. he never understood how politics is played. Putin continue giving those scavengers headache

You can say that again and again.
The cluelessness of Jonah at times choke me. Thank God he is going back to the creeks.

Appleyard:


Hey, Missy, where have you been? Missing you and Sirshymexx on important thread as this.
Well, here is the link, but know that you will never find it in the numerous western obsessed media goons.

http://defence.pk/threads/say-cheese-russia-snaps-photos-of-top-secret-us-spysats.372915/

Or should we say 'just another rumour' from the putin fan boys, my dear Missy89?

Pls oblige me your thought on this.
Thanks.

Work.!

Have you seen the T-14 Tank? cool eh?

Missy89:


Work.!

Have you seen the T-14 Tank? cool eh?

Yeah! I saw a picture of it somewhere on the net. Men! That piece of iron is a smart one, and even some military analysts have dubbed it the ''king of the sand.''

that is one hell of a machine.