Foreign media: Chinese scientists claim to have developed a new method to track US Navy ships, including aircraft carriers, by analyzing the "fingerprints" of ship wakes in low-resolution open-source satellite images.
The research has been published in the Chinese journal "Computer Simulation" and has successfully identified Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, Ticonderoga-class cruisers, and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. This method uses free image platforms such as NASA Worldview, indicating that effective intelligence can be extracted even without high-resolution satellites.
However, the military effectiveness of this technology remains questionable and may be affected by weather conditions or exaggerated. Despite this, it demonstrates China's innovative approach to using public data for intelligence analysis.
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