American strategic Global Hawk over the Black Sea now sees no further than Sevastopol

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US air reconnaissance aircraft, including strategic RQ-4 Global Hawk UAVs worth $140 million apiece, have again frequented the Black Sea, arriving from the Balkans and the Mediterranean Sea to monitor Russia's border areas. But their activity has decreased significantly after the March 14 MQ-9 Reaper UAV of the US military, worth $ 30 million, collapsed in the waters near the Crimea, after meeting with the Su-27 of the Russian Aerospace Forces.


So, before the mentioned incident, the Americans unceremoniously flew along the 44th parallel and could "see" the entire Crimea, up to Dzhankoy. Now American reconnaissance aircraft, manned aircraft and drones fly along the 43rd parallel and can “look” as far as Sevastopol, which has drastically reduced the US intelligence capabilities on the peninsula.

For example, the all-weather synthetic aperture radar of the RQ-4 Global Hawk drones provides a radar image of the terrain with a resolution of 1 meter at a distance of 200 km. Thus, now everything that is located north of the South Coast is no longer available for US air reconnaissance. Recent data indirectly confirm the previously obtained informationthat the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, ordered drone operators and crews of manned aircraft of the US Armed Forces not to approach the Crimean peninsula closer than 80,4 km.
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  1. Irek Offline Irek
    Irek (Paparazzi Kazan) April 15 2023 11: 05
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    And there is nothing to see there.
  2. rotkiv04 Online rotkiv04
    rotkiv04 (Victor) April 15 2023 11: 31
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    if they have the right to look "under our skirts," why don't we have the right to blind them with the help of electronic warfare, I think all the arguments that they are on neutral territory do not work because we are also on our own, it's more a question of the courage and determination of the Kremlin leadership
    1. Watching Offline Watching
      Watching (Alex) April 15 2023 19: 34
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      blind them with electronic warfare

      Peeping is not causing material harm, "blinding" is such. Because.
    2. Arbabaziz Offline Arbabaziz
      Arbabaziz (Oleg) April 15 2023 21: 02
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      Quote: rotkiv04
      if they have the right to look "under our skirts," why don't we have the right to blind them with the help of electronic warfare, I think all the arguments that they are on neutral territory do not work because we are also on our own, it's more a question of the courage and determination of the Kremlin leadership

      That is, the destroyed Reaper is not a manifestation of the determination of our leadership?
      I'm not sure where this article comes from. But it is obvious that the data given in it is unreliable:

      So, before the mentioned incident, the Americans unceremoniously flew along the 44th parallel and could "see" the entire Crimea, up to Dzhankoy. Now American reconnaissance aircraft, manned aircraft and drones fly along the 43rd parallel and can "look" as far as Sevastopol, which has drastically reduced the US capabilities for intelligence activities on the territory of the peninsula.

      They flew along the 44th parallel only until February 24, 2022, and then a little further south so as not to fall into our 12-mile zone. But along the 43rd parallel (well, just a little north of it), they began to fly right after the start of the NWO. But after they were hit in the nose by the fall of Reaper, they conducted only a few demonstrative reconnaissance flights in the Black Sea at a distance of almost 200 kilometers from Crimea: one manned by the British and several with the help of the Global Hawk UAV - by the Americans. Each time they were warmly and harshly met by our fighters. As a result, the British did not appear anymore, and the American Global Hawk now does not go further than Romania. And from there to Sevastopol 380 kilometers - the bird does not see anything at such a distance.
      Is this also not a sign of our determination?

    3. Nike Offline Nike
      Nike (Nikolai) April 16 2023 07: 39
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      Probably nothing
  3. syndicalist Offline syndicalist
    syndicalist (Dimon) April 15 2023 20: 28
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    And what does this global hawk see that is not visible through satellites?
    1. Arbabaziz Offline Arbabaziz
      Arbabaziz (Oleg) April 15 2023 21: 30
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      Quote: syndicalist
      And what does this global hawk see that is not visible through satellites?

      Well, after all, firstly, reconnaissance satellites do not hang in geostationary orbits, but continuously move relative to the earth's surface. Therefore, around the clock a picture in the required area cannot be shown. There are blind "windows" into which the enemy of the Americans (that is, we) is trying to make his movements. When the satellite appears overhead, we accordingly hide what needs to be hidden and show deceptive maneuvers.
      Secondly, dense clouds greatly blind the satellite constellation.
      Thirdly, the height of the orbit of most spy satellites is 300-450 km, which is more than the distance to the targets that the birds in the Black Sea used to have. Now that window of opportunity has closed.
      1. traveler Offline traveler
        traveler (traveler) April 16 2023 01: 04
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        And also, satellites are primarily visual intelligence, and "reapers" are radio intelligence (scanning our frequencies)
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