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1. bigyab+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-11-30 21:13:21
> Space datacenters have the dual-use of tracking and weapons targeting

Space datacenters aren't going to be equipped with military infrared sensors. They stick out like a sore thumb on the electromagnetic spectrum and the second you test it every peer-power would know it's a military platform. Nevermind the fact that the satellites don't transmit to American C2, so they'd need laggy ad-hoc networking to reach STRATCOM over on Link 16.

> Musk is involved in every aspect of Golden Dome.

SpaceX is the only firm on the planet produces a booster stack with the throw weight to put a usable kinetic weapon in orbit. It's not their first military contract, Musk has been sticking his nose in the NRO projects for years now.

Are you the user forgot-im-old? Your stylometry (and obsession with Musk/SDI) is pretty familiar. https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=forgot-im-old

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2. exomon+U6[view] [source] 2025-11-30 22:05:33
>>bigyab+(OP)
Not sure what you're trying to say

If you're interested in Musk and the Mars Society history as a front for the U.S. military industrial complex, a good start is https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-recruiting-elon-musk-...

And that was written before Musk won the recent Golden Dome contracts, etc.. so very precient

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3. bigyab+a8[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-11-30 22:15:56
>>exomon+U6
You're talking past everything I said. Do you have any sources for your claim that space based datacenters are dual-use?
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4. exomon+fm[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-01 00:07:55
>>bigyab+a8
Easy: https://www.kratosspace.com/constellations/articles/data-cen...

SDA’s “Battle Management Layer will provide automated space-based battle management through command and control, tasking, mission processing and dissemination” to support time-sensitive kill-chain closure. https://www.sda.mil/battle-management

Golden Dome and future missile tracking and ISR will depend on real -time insights, which requires Edge Computing on orbit, running advanced AI/ML algorithms.” https://unibap.com/news/defense-in-the-foreground

sorry can't help you with your user feuds

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5. bigyab+wq[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-01 00:44:44
>>exomon+fm
The only link that you provided mentioning dual-use satellites is from a Swedish defense contractor at an expo.

Is SDA "tracking and targeting" on consumer satellites, or are they not? Let's narrow this down to your initial claim.

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6. exomon+dzs[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-12-09 20:36:06
>>bigyab+wq
They're still physically the same Starlink satellites being used for Golden Dome.
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