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Technology is revolutionizing how intelligence is gathered and analyzed – and opening a window onto Russian military activity around Ukraine

  • Written by Craig Nazareth, Assistant Professor of Practice of Intelligence & Information Operations, University of Arizona
imageCommercial satellite companies provide views once reserved for governments, like this image of a Russian military training facility in Crimea.Satellite image (c) 2021 Maxar Technologies via Getty Images

The U.S. has been warning for weeks about the possibility of Russia invading Ukraine, and threatening retaliation if it does. Just eight years...

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