2022 - Keep on Keepin' on
New Year, Same Story. Net Assessment is here to serve you the semi-regular NatSec and Space snark you know you want, but are afraid to ask for. Now with bonus dank memeage. You're welcome, friends.
Gee, who could have seen this coming? Highly speculative investments with public reporting obligations, in a frothy, fickle capital environment. I keep envisioning some Wall Streeter going inverse-volcano head when an experimental launch vehicle inevitably explodes.
Space is hard, people.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/diving-spacs-are-a-warning-for-aerospace-startups-11641654001
“Neighborhood Watch” birds are so very 80s. We need some full-on GeoSync Karensats.
Is this what the five-peppers means on the Thai menu? I’ve always been scared to try.
https://phys.org/news/2022-01-chinese-tokamak-facility-million-degree-seconds.amp
I am 100% here for the red-laser/blue-laser GI Joe combat paradigm.
eBay - come for the Beanie Babies, stay for the 60s era critical military comms surplus.
https://spacenews.com/launch-ranges-lack-spare-parts-to-support-growing-demand/
NEEDS MOAR RAILGUN.
https://breakingdefense.com/2022/01/navy-unveils-latest-concept-for-future-destroyer-ddgx/
"Our very-likely militarized space station was threatened by your internet space routers. HOW DARE YOU.”
(please pay no attention to our nasty habit of blasting random satellites into smithereens and potentially kicking off JQP’s recurring Kessler Syndrome nightmare.)
Great - the “nimble urban orbital scan” is going to be the today’s “I flew a strategic bomber too close to your exclusion zone” brand of geopolitical sabre-rattling.
Pshaw. I don’t know about you, but I prefer my effectors extra-kinetic
Has it really come to this? Have we just outsourced all weapons platform naming conventions to Marvel Studios?
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