James Hardy of IHS Jane’s briefly discuses a potential arms race in Northeast Asia, a reoccurring narrative that initially emerged in the 1990s and faded with the Asian financial crisis. This argument has been bolstered recently with the revival of maritime territorial disputes and large defense expenditures. Though as Hardy notes, the latter tracks very well with GDP growth and may […]
It would appear that Google has started censoring some of its previously available imagery in Google Earth. At present, I have only noticed this discrepancy in a few areas and it doesn’t appear to be widespread. However, the affected areas are current locations where new imagery has been pushed out, so we may see more of this as […]
UNOSAT recently acquired satellite imagery to analyze the increasing amounts of destruction in the northeastern section of the Gaza Strip. The ongoing violence in Gaza is on the verge of creating more causalities than any other Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent memory. Today, the three-week old conflict erupted yet again as the fragile cease-fire agreed to on Saturday broke down. Hamas militants fired a barrage of […]
The Obama administration stepped up pressure on Russia with another release of commercial satellite imagery in an attempt to stop the fighting and increase international support. However, considering how Putin squandered his opportunity to ratchet things down with the MH17 disaster, it’s doubtful these efforts will be met with any success. As evidence, DigitalGlobe imagery released by the State […]
Satellite imagery acquired by DigitalGlobe shows the recently renovated wharf at North Korea’s Rajin Port located on the east coast. In an inaugural ceremony on 18JUL14, North Korea opened Wharf No. 03 for operation, according to a report in the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The wharf along with the rail service which connects the […]
Handheld footage appears to show a US Predator over the skies of Anbar province in Western Iraq, according to an Iraqi activist group. Footage uploaded to Youtube on 24JUL14 purports to show a US drone undertaking surveillance operations over the skies of Anbar province, Iraq. A freeze frame taken from the video (observed above) would […]
