This @CNN news blog mentions @Nrg8000's work geolocating the site of yesterday's fatal helicopter crash in Iran.
— ASPI Cyber, Tech & Security (@ASPI_CTS) May 21, 2024
"It was first geolocated by Nathan Ruser, an analyst on the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's CTS team".
👀👉 https://t.co/uhxPFrM4i0 https://t.co/HiBVA9moQj
A quick BTS post on tips for geolocating this. In climate and biomes like this the thicker tree-growth is always (in the N hemisphere) on the northern slope of the hills, which made it immediately clear the camera was facing W, and since it was a helicopter crash into the side of…
— Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000) May 20, 2024
The initially reported search area was apparently around a 10km2 triangle between Uzi, Sungun and a forest shrine, with the wreckage being found ~12 hours later in the very middle of that area. To take that long to find it suggests that Iran's SAR capabilities are sorely lacking,… pic.twitter.com/Szcq5q4seF
— Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000) May 20, 2024