CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@savera they are way too far for any commercial lasers to reach

@Brokar @maccruiskeen @sundogplanets I think they are high enough to burn down on re-entry so don't let your dreams be dreams

@maccruiskeen @Brokar @sundogplanets you mean using satellites as weapons? that seems a bit unlikely but clearly Ukraine has shown how powerful low-orbit internet is as utility for weapons so I meant more of that regard. For that, you do need a lot of them for good coverage and they have limited lifespan + need a large backup overhead.

@Brokar @sundogplanets yup it's a war machine disguised as a commercial product because the commerce math just doesn't math.

@sundogplanets and for what?

I did some napkin math some time ago: all these satellites cost around 10-15B usd to deploy. This would be equivalent of 0.5 - 1 million cell towers at 10-20k usd (yeah that cheap).
There are currently 7 million cell towers worldwide most of which are old and under-performing. With 1 million NEW cell towers with economies of scale we could have probably covered the same actual reach with better latency, access and affordability.

Low orbit internet is a joke.

Seems like demented US dictator asking to launch nukes should be a bit of a bigger deal no?

Trump 'tried to access nuclear codes but was stopped by military chief'

Retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson claims that during an emergency White House meeting, U.S. President Donald Trump attempted to access the nuclear codes but was allegedly blocked by General Dan Caine

The Mirror US (www.themirror.com)

#wtf