Department of Geomatics Remote Sensing Applications

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Department of Geomatics Remote Sensing
Applications

• Military Remote Sensing
• (IMINT)

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Department of Geomatics Remote Sensing
ApplicationsIMINT

• History
• Military applications have always driven RS
  technology
• Started with observation balloons last century
• Air photography became highly developed in 1st
  and 2nd WWs
• Cold war led to digital imagery

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Department of Geomatics Remote Sensing
ApplicationsIMINT

• What do you want to know?
• Capability - Can the enemy wage war?
• Resources - Can the enemy sustain war effort?
• Readiness - Is the enemy preparing for war?
• Willingness - not available from IMINT

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Department of Geomatics Remote Sensing
ApplicationsIMINT

• Problems with aircraft
• The enemy will resent you gathering data
• Over their airspace, they have the right to shoot
  you down.
• Outside their airspace, youre a long way away
• Either specialist or disposable aircraft

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Department of Geomatics Remote Sensing
ApplicationsIMINT

• Aircraft
• Pigeons and balloons
• U2 - Flies high - vulnerable
• SR71 - Flies high and fast - expensive
• UAVs - Fly high and hard to see - expendable
• Satellites

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• Tactical Aircraft
• Flexible
• High resolution
• Vulnerable

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Department of Geomatics Target Assessment
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ApplicationsIMINT
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Department of Geomatics Remote Sensing
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TARGET MONITORING
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UAVS
FIREBEE
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UAVS
PREDATOR
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UAVS
GLOBAL HAWK
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STRIKE ASSESMENT
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Department of Geomatics Remote Sensing
ApplicationsIMINT

• Satellites
• Invulnerable to attack
• Low earth orbit - Resolution still a problem
• Predictable
• Short life - expensive

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