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ImPostingOnHN | on: France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app
Many countries do not have ready access to satellite imagery, much less realtime satellite imagery. Iran, for example.
rtkwe | parent | next
Anyone with a big enough checkbook can rent 12 50 centimeter resolution overflights a day from Planet Labs. Their 1.3m resolution is maybe enough to track it in decently cooperative weather given enough compute spend.

https://www.planet.com/pulse/12x-rapid-revisit-announcement/

paxys | parent
Iran is being fed intelligence by Russia, so they definitely have that info.
ImPostingOnHN | root | parent
okay, imagine a different example which you don't think is being fed intelligence by russia
nitwit005 | root | parent
Everyone capable of damaging the ships can get that intelligence.