The things that you can see, the amount of data you can collect, the things you can do with post-processing, allows Russia, in my opinion, to get incredible foundational intelligence on critical infrastructure, bases, ports, all of our facilities . . . So from my perspective, it gives them a significant advantage.
Tom Cotton: “The things that you can see, the amount of data you can collect, the things you can do with post-processing, allows…”
On the recordMay 22, 2017
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Cotton discusses the intelligence advantages Russia gains from the Open Skies Treaty.
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