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This is an excerpt to allow CiteIt to retrieve the context of Ken’s quote about the need for a “Copernican revolution.”
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The intelligence report also says that Israel placed “concealment screens” over aircraft shelters to hide the specific activities it was conducting, both to conceal from Iranian and Russian reconnaissance — but also from the United States. Such practices are common, but isn’t it an intriguing detail worthy of mention?
“Golden Horizon” and “Rocks” air-launched ballistic missiles were handled at Hatserim airfield, the GEOINT analysts at NGA say, but to put this in context context, they also reported that air-to-surface missiles were handled at Ramat David airfield and Ramon airfield as well, pointing to the larger scope of Israeli preparation. No one has mentioned that the United States does not deploy an air-launched ballistic missile of similar design.
“Covert UAV operations” were observed on October 15, the NGA says, indicating that Israel’s RA-01 stealth drone was initiating a flight or returning from one, likely over Iran. Israel is flying stealth (covert) drones over Iran? That’s a story in itself. This would be a capability similar to the U.S. RQ-170/180 drones, which are super secret and barely ever mentioned in the U.S. media. But they are known to operate out of Chabelley airfield in Djibouti. Are they overflying Israel to take a look and thwart its “concealment” methods?
The documents are themselves newsworthy, not just because they were leaked.
As with science, journalism works best when the information being debated is publicly available and can be audited. There needs to be a Copernican revolution for the news where media revolves around the source materials and expertise instead of other media commentary. That is the kind of shift we are trying to bring about in this newsletter in our small way. I hope you’ll support our efforts by subscribing.
— Edited by William M. Arkin
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