These are the sort of posts I can do without. It's like the stuff that goes to the top of reddit. Reddit has a way to keep frontpage of your home page for a reason.
Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
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Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#172Earlier quoted context omitted.
Correct, but don't misunderestimate the power of knowledge. Let's assume that some adversary is out there keeping track of these planes, and knows that they can scan Google maps for the RGB artifact by the engines to locate them reliably and programmatically. Now Google maps becomes a repository for information that adversary may use to validate other information. Maybe this confirms the schedule for some training ex…
Similar to how the president brings his own toilet when doing foreign visits so enemies can't analyze his poop to see what medicines he's taking or what medical conditions he has.
Spare a thought for the presidential aide responsible for safeguarding POTUS's poop, so that it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. I'd hate to be the person assigned to "doodie duty".
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#173Interesting how the three separate R/G/B images are taken independently a few ~seconds~ milliseconds apart, with a different color filter placed over the image sensor. I assume this is to maximize resolution, since no Bayer interpolation [0] is needed to demosaic the output of a traditional image sensor that integrates the color filters onto the sensor pixels themselves. As these satellites are not intended to photog…
That's a lot of words to rationalize away what is very clearly and obviously a cloaking device at work!!
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#174I live on a farm very close to this area. All the B-2s are based at nearby Whiteman Air Force Base. They fly over often -- one even fly over my farm today about an hour ago. This one was probably on final approach during the summer when the winds are usually out of the south and was probably about 2,000 feet above the ground.
Seems like you're right - there's one parked on (indeed) Whiteman Air Force Base right here https://goo.gl/maps/x8738SicBvtSPqmR6
They can also be seen at Hickam AFB here: https://www.google.com/maps/@21.3310109,-157.946255,241m/dat...
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#175Earlier quoted context omitted.
During the 1999 yugoslavia bombings, after the first one was shot down, there was a joking apology on the TV, something along the lines of "Sorry, we didn't see it" :)
> During the 1999 yugoslavia bombings, after the first one was shot down That was a F-117 Night Hawk “Stealth Fighter” (a type which is now retired), not a B-2 Spirit “Stealth Bomber”.
Incidentally, the F-117's fighter designation was a misnomer; they were only armed with bombs.
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#176I live on a farm very close to this area. All the B-2s are based at nearby Whiteman Air Force Base. They fly over often -- one even fly over my farm today about an hour ago. This one was probably on final approach during the summer when the winds are usually out of the south and was probably about 2,000 feet above the ground.
Yes, nice comment. I remember being part of the staff of NATO's only MIG squadron during military service. People considered a MIG within NATO a sensation, while I was simply bored. I saw them every day in droves. ;)
Poland still operates MIG-29s, as well as extremely outdated Su-22.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Air_Force#Current_inven...
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#177Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's really no point. A few high sensitivity assets are lower resolution, but any state actor that wants very high resolution shots of military facilities already has it and on a quicker update cadence than google maps allows.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the biggest threat to domestic military facilities are foreign state actors but rather domestic terrorists, and those usually don't have access to any military-grade satellites.
It's 2021 (for another couple weeks) and everyone has access to imaging satellites with almost instant turnaround, for a negligible fee.
Consider yourself corrected.
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#178I live on a farm very close to this area. All the B-2s are based at nearby Whiteman Air Force Base. They fly over often -- one even fly over my farm today about an hour ago. This one was probably on final approach during the summer when the winds are usually out of the south and was probably about 2,000 feet above the ground.
Seems like you're right - there's one parked on (indeed) Whiteman Air Force Base right here https://goo.gl/maps/x8738SicBvtSPqmR6
Omg, are they sooo huge?
I just realised how big they are for the first time in my life. What a sight!
[edit] 172ft = 52m wingspan!
Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#179Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would assume that the plane or satellite moving affects this too, it's presumably being corrected but there might be some parallax.
You're absolutely correct, but as the aircraft is much closer to the ground than the imaging satellite I disregarded it. Spherical cows and all that :) I'm sure a military analyst would do the calculations!
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Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
#180Interesting how the three separate R/G/B images are taken independently a few ~seconds~ milliseconds apart, with a different color filter placed over the image sensor. I assume this is to maximize resolution, since no Bayer interpolation [0] is needed to demosaic the output of a traditional image sensor that integrates the color filters onto the sensor pixels themselves. As these satellites are not intended to photog…
My napkin calculations are that the three channels are ~10ms apart, given the bomber is 69 feet nose-to-tail* and an assumption of 400 mph velocity. * http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~mason/Mason_f/B2Spr09.pdf
One might be able to calibrate this by using cars in the area close to the shot [1]. Assuming most cars are driving at the speed limit
[1] https://www.google.com/maps/place/38%C2%B059'37.1%22N+93%C2%...