IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.ml · 12 days ago[Video] Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) struck a third supertanker in the Strait of Hormuz in two days, setting it on fire. The tanker had switched off its navigation system.i.imgur.comvideomessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1video[Video] Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) struck a third supertanker in the Strait of Hormuz in two days, setting it on fire. The tanker had switched off its navigation system.i.imgur.comIndustryStandard@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.ml · 12 days agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 days agoI dunno what good switching off your AES is supposed to do when you’re big enough to be seen by the naked eye from space.
minus-squareIndustryStandard@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 days agoThey try to sneak through the strait at night with all their lights and transponders turned off. Iran relies a lot on infrared and radar detection.
minus-squareOrygin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoCurious, can we really see these tankers with a naked eye on, say, the ISS? No doubt they’re visible in satellite imagery, but these have insane optics on them
I dunno what good switching off your AES is supposed to do when you’re big enough to be seen by the naked eye from space.
They try to sneak through the strait at night with all their lights and transponders turned off. Iran relies a lot on infrared and radar detection.
Curious, can we really see these tankers with a naked eye on, say, the ISS?
No doubt they’re visible in satellite imagery, but these have insane optics on them