Posted on 02/28/2015 9:40:36 AM PST by tlozo
The U.S. is providing spy-satellite imagery to Ukraine to help in its fight against Russia-backed rebels, but with a catch: the images are significantly degraded to avoid provoking Russia or compromising U.S. secrets... But before delivering them, U.S. officials black out military staging areas on Russian territory and reduce the resolution so that enemy formations can’t be clearly made out, making them less useful to Ukrainian military commanders.
Those steps, which delay the delivery of the images by at least 24 hours, are designed to keep the U.S. out of the so-called kill chain—military jargon for the stages of lethal operations—because of concerns that furnishing actionable intelligence to the Ukrainians could trigger a more aggressive Russian military response.. Congressional critics of the Obama administration argue the White House should lift the restrictions on intelligence sharing to make Ukrainian forces more effective...
“Dated information does very little good,” said Rep. Randy Forbes (R., Va.). “When you are talking about national defense, hours matter a great deal.”... The U.S. has provided the Ukrainians with a short-range counter-mortar radar system, known as the TPQ-48, which can identify the source of incoming mortar and artillery fire within an effective range of about 4 miles.
U.S. and Ukrainian officials credit the system with providing front-line forces with as much as 20 seconds of early warning of incoming mortar rounds—enough time to take cover.
But the U.S. withheld software, components and other parts that would have enabled the Ukrainians to use the system to automatically return fire against salvos fired by the separatists.
The Ukrainians make do by manually entering location data from the U.S. radar into their own weapons systems. The delay reduces their effectiveness because the separatists can change positions between salvos...
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
We still have a few idiots here who think that Obama started the Ukrainian rebellion against Putin's stooge, Yanukovich.
They can be forgiven considering the number of poorly thought out rebellions Obama and his team of crack White House teenagers have started.
gee, thanks Obama
Obama has never started a rebellion in a CHRISTIAN country against its tyrannical leader.
Some need to be more discerning.
How truly sad that the US President is in the same frame of mind. Peace in our time is an illusion with people like Putin.
Except, of course, for the Occupy Movement.
Obama is leading a Christian rebellion in this country? Really?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.