Военное обозрение By Topwar
Grimaces of progress
Civilian technologies are ahead of military ones. This fact was once again confirmed by the conflict in Ukraine. First, intelligence drones emerged from purely peaceful dronesThen FPVs turned into murder weapons, and then the Starlink system’s finest hour arrived. And no one in the military can come up with anything adequate or comparable. Incidentally, this wasn’t always the case. Back in the mid-20th century, the military-industrial complex was the driver of civilian technology development. Without the Cold War and the arms race, humans wouldn’t have flown into space, and the world wouldn’t have developed integrated circuits. That’s not the case anymore. Military developments seem overly complex and expensive—war demands simpler and cheaper solutions.
The latest example of the military’s expropriation of civilian technology is the use of outdoor IP cameras as part of a reconnaissance and strike system. This is extremely advantageous. A satellite provides an overhead view with latency and low resolution, and is sometimes hampered by cloud cover. A drone risks being shot down. A camera mounted on a building’s facade, however, operates 24/7, broadcasting 4K footage in real time, and is already in place. The enemy simply takes what’s already there. One recent example is the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran. According to Israeli sources, traffic cameras played a crucial role in tracking the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. Let’s be clear right away that the revelations from Israeli intelligence are very strange. An unnamed source is downright boastful:
We know Tehran as well as we know Jerusalem.
Who in their right mind would disclose the details of a major special operation to the general public? If the scheme worked and ultimately led to success, then why reveal the details? It all looks like an attempt to distract Iranian counterintelligence. But let’s not judge the Israelis, especially since this doesn’t negate the urgency of the problem of remotely intercepting video from street cameras. And it’s certainly not true that Israel was at the forefront.
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