China is practicing ‘dogfighting’ with satellites as it ramps up space capabilities: US Space Force
(edition.cnn.com)
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from zaxvenz@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.world on 21 Mar 12:38
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The Space Force observed “five different objects in space maneuvering in and out and around each other in synchronicity and in control,” its vice chief of space operations Gen. Michael A. Guetlein said Tuesday at a defense conference.
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This sounds like a fantastic time for the US to elect a moron that has no idea what he is doing, to run the country. Slow clap.
Great! I hope he fucks America deep enough, it’s high time for that Empire to crumble. I just also hope rhat he doesn’t destroy the rest of the world with him, just the part of the world that voted for him. If he can take a few multi-billion dollar corporations down a peg with him might be even better.
they are trying reagan era tactics to reindustrialize. from the looks of things rn, hes definetly taking down the empire at least a couple of notches.
Agreed. I don’t think Americans appreciate how much the rest of the world hates (and has hated) American defaultism and exceptionalism.
I would love to see the USA balkanize into smaller countries
@NotSteve_ @alphabethunter spent some time on TikTok between the election and the inauguration and the defaultism is reeeeally apparent on there. There was a big thing about Robbie Williams being "some guy who was big in the UK" at Christmas, and recently another one about how jacket potatoes and baked beans are "war rations". And endlessly recurring takes on how the US is more culturally diverse than Europe because it is ... bigger. The video element makes it all so much more *out there*.
@NotSteve_ @alphabethunter the funniest ones are people who go "to Europe" on holiday and then get confused when they can't get exactly the coffee they are used to. I do think the algorithm pushes this stuff in people's faces though. I left after the day the US wasn't on it and I suddenly got shown Aussies and Canadians and English-speaking Africans and Europeans. Made me realise quite how bad the feed was normally.
What’s that? Oh he just decided that he’s pulling the US into the Commonwealth now. The most stablest genius
I can’t wait for the state to continue wasting endless resources on space battles while the planet literally burns.
this is going to be bad unless we have a hyper competent and knowledgeable commander in chief!
The battle is over before it even started.
This in an interesting watch.
Can’t wait to have 3-4 constellations in LEO. /s
Not available in USA
… say the folks whose budget depends on you believing this kind of stuff?
At some point we will have enough shit orbiting the planet that we won’t be able to launch anything into space for decades. That will be a good time.
yeah I’m wondering about this, too. LEO clears itself within 5 years, but what about the higher orbits? Will they just continue to be polluted or what?
Yeah it’s already a problem, but if we start ramming satellites against each other I could imagine the problem getting to a point where we have trouble launching things into space. The real issue is the relative velocity that orbiting objects have. If you’re curious, the Wikipedia article has a really cool infographic and the section on hazards is pretty interesting if you like space stuff.
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