Warning: This planet is protected by video surveillance

Spying from space has lifted the veil over the battlefield, diffusing the fog of war and lessening the utility of aggression.

No one likes to be caught in the act. Homes and businesses use CCTV cameras as a deterrent against crime and to document criminal behaviour when it occurs. Something similar can be said to have occurred in the current Russian invasion of Ukraine. Cameras in space are recording the activity of the war, sharing the movement of Russian forces with all of us, and documenting their war crimes.