This bugs the crap out of me and I'm hoping some of our more knowledgeable anons can put my concerns to rest. It seems we may be about to put some of our most important military data capabilities in the hands of 'commercial' interests, and we know wtf that means. (You) would think such an idea would be outrageous and never even suggested for fear of ridicule, and yet here we are:

https://www.militaryaerospace.com/communications/article/14073779/commercial-satellites-military-satcom-tactical-networking?utm_source=MAE+Unmanned+Vehicle&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS200121007&o_eid=0371B8975423H6E&rdx.ident%5Bpull%5D=omeda%7C0371B8975423H6E&oly_enc_id=0371B8975423H6E

https://www.militaryaerospace.com/sensors/article/14073743/remote-sensing-satellites-surveillance?utm_source=MAE+Unmanned+Vehicle&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS200121007&o_eid=0371B8975423H6E&rdx.ident%5Bpull%5D=omeda%7C0371B8975423H6E&oly_enc_id=0371B8975423H6E

https://www.militaryaerospace.com/communications/article/14073958/satcom-military-commercial?utm_source=MAE+Unmanned+Vehicle&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CPS200121007&o_eid=0371B8975423H6E&rdx.ident%5Bpull%5D=omeda%7C0371B8975423H6E&oly_enc_id=0371B8975423H6E

I'm guessing the string of numbers at the end of these links somehow identify me and are traceable to some extent. Prob normal, just did not notice it before. Removing all characters after the main body of the link (after the word 'vehicle') still gets you to the proper page. IDGAF so I left them, but people should be aware of this when uploading links (knew I shoulda gone to 'internet' school). Maybe this should be noted for newbs somewhere?

These dates bother me also. Why so late? This was released a month ago, and known by many long before that. Why send this stuff out now, or at all for that matter? The way I see it this should not be publicly broadcasted info. It seems stupid to do this and even dumber to tell the fkn world about it.

rant over