The “hidden threat” of the Russian Navy from Sentinel-1 was revealed in Europe

Publicly available radar images captured by a pair of European Space Agency (ESA) Copernicus civilian satellites Sentinel-1 pose a latent threat to the fleets of various countries, in particular the Russian Navy and the Russian Navy. China, writes Naval News.

The publication reveals how the Sentinel-1's radar aperture synthesis can help track the movements of warships with radars on. “The Sentinel-1 satellites have a weakness that can be turned into strength. They may be temporarily blinded by other radar transmissions, ”the European publication writes.