Chinese imaging satellites are inefficient for finding U.S. surface forces because there are not many of them, they are very inefficient random searchers across the enormous Pacific, and carriers, while large, are not that big relative to the size of the ocean.
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Caitlin TalmadgeEvidence Quote
“China has Imaging satellites um but you know there there aren't that many of them and they're they're very inefficient random Searchers when you're talking about the entire Pacific and trying to find you know carriers seem big but not that big when you don't talk about the entire Pacific”
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Then What? Assessing The Military Implications Of Chinese Control Of Taiwan | Hoover Institution— Hoover InstitutionCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:53:18 AM
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