garretthinck.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Columbia, studying security, nuclear weapons, space, cyber and intelligence. Formerly @ Carnegie Endow Check out my writing here: https://strategicdefense.substack.com/
👤 Joined on 24 January 2025
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@garretthinck.bsky.socialAccording to current orbital elements, the Russian #KOSMOS 2612 satellite is now within 1-2 km of #ICEYE-X36. Based on current elements, it might come within meters of the latter within a few hours from now. This is an #RPO without consent. (cont.)
Show PostAll three Yandex AI supercomputers are reportedly offline: Galushkin in Vladimir, Chervonenkis and Lyapunov in Sasovo, whose data center shut down after the Oct 8 strike. Yandex Cloud outages also threaten thousands of Russian firms relying on it for websites, databases and payments 👏
Show PostNearly all #Yandex services went dark after a strike on its Vladimir data center. Alice, Taxi, Go, Pro, Food, Music, Telemost and Smart Home were hit, along with Yandex Cloud – disrupting hundreds of dependent businesses and municipal services across Russia.
Show Post11/ This enabled them to detect and strike a concealed Russian command post. The rapid delivery of geospatial data directly to the battlefield enabled the Ukrainians to greatly reduce the time required to detect and engage Russian targets. /end
Show PostQuite a remarkable map, table, and diagram from a 1971 report on launch-on-warning, showing the implications of Soviet submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) on detection, reaction, deliberation, and response time. All numbers are in SECONDS, which is what I find the most wild about it.
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