Christiaan TriebertVarmennettu tili

Also, it should be obvious, but Trump did not compose this tweet himself. (It’s a Scavino tweet.) This represents a policy choice within the administration.

So, question: did ODNI sign off on this? If so, why? Smack-talking Iran on Twitter is literally one of the worst reasons to disclose methods.

Unless the point was to dunk on @DaveSchmerler and his 3m imagery—in which case, mission accomplished.

@mhanham suggests this ain’t no satellite shot, which would be even more amazing. https://twitter.com/mhanham/status/1167495334806859776 …

Quite a bit off-nadir for a satellite imagery (and higher quality than I've ever seen), but not impossible. (I think it is more likely to be from a non-satellite source.)

The off-nadir doesn’t dissuade me that it’s not a sat; the resolution does, but, on the other hand, this might be disclosure of some pretty amazing optical sensor. I’m not sure.

Right. It wouldn't surprise me though it the U.S. has satellites with this capability, more surprising that POTUS would tweet it out.