US President Donald Trump claimed Friday that the US had nothing to do with the explosion of an Iranian rocket Thursday, tweeting a photo of such high resolution that it prompted questions about whether the President had publicly released classified imagery.
Even as geospatial analysts observed that the granular level of detail in the image appeared far superior to capabilities the US has published previously or publicly admitted to in the past, casual observers were pointing to another anomaly. A shadow on the image and a bright spot of light seemed to suggest someone — possibly the President — had taken a photo of the image that very probably was not meant for public consumption.
The CIA, Director of National Intelligence and State Department referred questions to the White House.Dave Burbach, a professor at the US Naval War College, noted that the"quality of image Trump tweeted appears beyond the capabilities US has previously been willing to demonstrate to public." Iran is not barred from launching missiles under the 2015 nuclear deal that Tehran signed with the US, Russia, China, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and European Union. Iran is still largely, but not completely, adhering to the deal, which the US left in May 2018.
Several commercial satellite companies watch Iran and North Korean nuclear sites and military bases very closely, providing their imagery to think tanks and media companies for use and analysis. He noted that spy satellites are capable of producing images at an even higher resolution than the one Trump tweeted.
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