Soviet Union had extensively used satellites to photograph Indian, Pakistani and southern Chinese border during 1971 India Pakistan war, says an US declassified report.
Analysis of limited data from 10 orbiting spacecrafts of the Soviets
during November 1971 indicated a high level of intelligence collection in the India-Pakistan area. The spacecrafts included three high-resolution photo reconnaissance and seven electronic intelligence satellites.
The data indicated ‘a primary photographic collection
effort of airfields in India and Pakistan. Other major military targets
were Pakistani Army headquarters at Peshawar and Rawalpindi, Pakistani
naval facilities, and an oil refinery and storage facilities at Karachi.
The Soviets also observed the southern Chinese border to
include the sub district headquarters at Jihkatse near the Sino-Bhutan
border and the Gilgit Road, which crosses the Chinese-Pakistan border
through the Khunjerab Pass.
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