Comment by slowmovintarget
2 days ago
Why would they need to be deployed for an adversary to make use of that information? Sure it's more valuable on deployment, but wouldn't we also want to, you know, not give information on mobilization or lack thereof?
Large-scale troop mobilization are not subtle and can be sussed out by satellite observations. You can bet that all US forces are already closely tracked that way.
Invasions are usually spearheaded by elite forces that I presume are competent enough to understand that actively broadcasting what you're about to do is a bad idea.