SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: he Economist has confirmed what the early satellite images already showed — Iran’s strikes on American radars, military bases and energy infrastructure were so devastatingly precise that the US moved to suppress the evidence

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The Economist has confirmed what the early satellite images already showed — Iran’s strikes on American radars, military bases and energy infrastructure were so devastatingly precise that the US moved to suppress the evidence. Planet Labs, the primary commercial satellite provider, first imposed a 96-hour delay on Middle East imagery — then extended it to a full 14-day blackout covering all allied bases, Gulf States and conflict zones. They said it was voluntary. Nobody instructed them. Sure. What did those early images show before the shutters came down? The AN/TPY-2 THAAD radar at Muwaffaq Salti, Jordan — charred rubble, two 13-foot craters, $500 million gone on Day One. The AN/FPS-132 early warning radar in Qatar — $1.1 billion, hit on the first night, one array confirmed destroyed. THAAD radar facilities at Al Ruwais and Al Sadr in the UAE — both struck with identical precision. Prince Sultan Air Base — five KC-135 tankers damaged. Al-Dhafra. Fifth Fleet Bahrain. Al-Udeid. The CIA station in Riyadh with the roof caved in. All of it documented by commercial satellites before Washington realised the images were telling a story it couldn’t control. Iran didn’t fire randomly. Iran fired surgically — targeting the eyes, the ears and the arteries of the entire American military architecture in the region. And the moment that became undeniable from space, the satellites went dark. Trump said Iran is “100% destroyed.” The 14-day blackout says they’re not done yet. The images that embarrass an empire disappear. The missiles keep flying.

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