The orbital arms race continues. No space, no navy.
China could field directed-energy weapons in orbit by late 2020s, U.S. intelligence says spacenews.com/china-could-fi…
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America's not ready for the consequences of space warfare axios.com/2026/10/15/spa…
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Even Rogers retweeted
True Anomaly is featured in “Space Wars” on @novapbs, where our CEO and Co-Founder, Even Rogers (@jollyrogersta), shares his perspective on the challenges of the space domain and the systems we build to keep it secure and open for future generations to explore. pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vide…
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Even Rogers retweeted
Air Force Secretary Admits US Has Weapons Deployed In Space zerohedge.com/military/air-f…
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This is a good day for America and an unambiguous message to our adversaries.
Congratulations to the men and women who worked hard to make it possible for Secretary Meink to say these words in exactly the way he said them. It was a long road to get here, requiring conviction, endurance, precision operations, and good staff work.
This is what it means for space to be a warfighting domain.
Congratulations to the men and women who worked hard to make it possible for Secretary Meink to say these words in exactly the way he said them. It was a long road to get here, requiring conviction, endurance, precision operations, and good staff work.
This is what it means for space to be a warfighting domain.
“Today, we continue to ensure we remain ready to meet the challenges of evolving threats wherever they exist. This is why the United States now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary actions,” Meink said during his annual Air, Space and Cyber conference.
The announcement is the first time a Pentagon official has publicly confirmed the existence of U.S. space-based weapons. After years of officials keeping quite about efforts to field and operate on-orbit space weapons, the Space Force began openly discussing its ability to conduct warfare in the space domain in 2025 and published a framework to outline its operational concepts.
Read more by @MikaylaEasley: defensescoop.com/2026/09/14/mei…
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Agree with an exception: there have been examples where concentration of power has been net-positive. Another way to phrase concentration is anti-proliferation. The political and military powers of the 20th century recognized that nuclear weapons should be limited to all but a few countries because failing to do so could be existential to the species.
The United States has wielded the existence of nuclear weapons as a tool to achieve many ends viz. deterrence and compellence.
On the risk spectrum of consumer product to nuclear weapons, AI biases heavily towards one of those poles.
The United States has wielded the existence of nuclear weapons as a tool to achieve many ends viz. deterrence and compellence.
On the risk spectrum of consumer product to nuclear weapons, AI biases heavily towards one of those poles.
@_sholtodouglasou for setting the record straight. Larger issue is that multiple very serious people in Silicon Valley have heard some variation of this and believe it to be true. And the reason it is believable to so many is that it is consistent with Dario’s public messaging and what he outlined in the essay you shared: this technology *might* be dangerous for humans in multiple ways, could lead to extreme concentration of economic power (as outlined in the essay) and therefore needs to be regulated thoughtfully. I agree with the potential risks and I believe Dario makes all of these arguments in good faith.
As discussed on the pod, if one agrees that AI *might* be dangerous, there are two ways to address this potential risk. Either concentrate it in the hands of a chosen few companies and politicians via regulation or distribute it widely. Essentially boils down to whether one believes AI is too dangerous to concentrate or too dangerous to distribute. There are reasonable arguments on both sides, but I profoundly agree with Zuckerberg’s statement that: “The notion that AI is so dangerous that the only safe path is an extreme concentration of power seems inherently problematic. Historically, hoping that an absolute power will benevolently provide for humanity if sufficiently enlightened has not led to safe or positive outcomes.” And as Dario says in the aforementioned essay, “some may object that we can simply keep AIs in check with a balance of power between many AI systems, as we do with humans.” I believe this is the best path forward: I want as many AIs as possible to maximize the odds that one shares my own particular values. And as Dario notes, no human has ever been able to take over the world.
At this point, I think safe to say that Dario has lost the argument. His messaging has failed to result in his preferred regulatory path. The fact that the only solution to the recent incident where an unreleased advanced OpenAI model hacked Hugging Face was an open-source model likely ended any chance of strict near-term regulation. Essentially every major company other than Anthropic has signed Jensen’s letter.
However, Dario’s messaging has been massively helpful to efforts to ban datacenters here in America. I suspect we will see anti-datacenter advocacy groups runnings ads using clips of Dario warning about how dangerous AI could be for humans. His good faith efforts in favor of regulation are now increasing the odds that AI will not be beneficial for Americans and humans everywhere. I believe that there is a reasonable chance AI might help us cure most forms of disease such that we have extended lifespans and can enjoy these long lives in an abundant Star Trek like future. That is the future that I want and I think Dario is decreasing the odds of that future at this point.
He is about to be the CEO of one of the most important public companies in the world and given that the pro-regulatory effort has failed (at least for now), I respectfully think he should make an effort to be a more positive advocate for his own industry. And if I am wrong and we do need to regulate this technology, he will be a more effective advocate for this in the future having been open-minded to the alternative.
And for the sake of clarity and as I outlined on the pod, I think Anthropic has deep competitive advantages and is an amazing company. Ironically, the main risk I saw to Anthropic a few months ago was nationalization as a result of Dario’s own rhetoric and behavior.
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The question of in whose hands world-making and world-ending power should be concentrated requires an answer. In the hands of an unchecked individual person, whether CEO or politican? No, definitely not.
Democracies need to step up and do what they do best, as they have done for nuclear weapons: concentrate power within the bounds of the sovereignty of a country (and other trusted Allies), while distributing and balancing power within the structures that assure that sovereignty.
Democracies need to step up and do what they do best, as they have done for nuclear weapons: concentrate power within the bounds of the sovereignty of a country (and other trusted Allies), while distributing and balancing power within the structures that assure that sovereignty.
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Even Rogers retweeted
.@mansourtarek_, @luanalopeslara, @chameleon_jeff, @jollyrogersta, @jimbelosic, @Keller are all killing it and creating new markets and industries, truly world class
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Thanks for the snap, @RocketLab. Love this photo because it shows we were closed-loop tracking Puma, with our solar arrays tracking the sun (sun is ~at Puma’s “back,” Red Baron style, but not enough to occlude our imagers).
Mission success for VICTUS HAZE! 🚀🎯
We’ve officially completed the @USSpaceForce @USSF_SSC primary mission which saw Rocket Lab build a high performance spacecraft, deliver rapid call-up launch on Electron, and conduct complex on-orbit rendezvous and proximity operations - all Launch: Lifted off with just 16h 42m notice - the fastest response ever for a TacRS mission (beating previous record by 10 hours).
🛰️ Commissioning: Activated our Pioneer spacecraft in 38 hours (30 hours ahead of deadline).
📸 RPO Operations: Tracked, approached, and photographed the target satellite in under 59 hours (25 hours ahead of deadline).
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Having articulating solar arrays is a big unlock for RPO. Gives Jackal a wider range of operating conditions.
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Even Rogers retweeted
Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force techcrunch.com/2026/07/02/pri…
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VICTUS HAZE Mission 1 complete
Less than 30 minutes from mission tasking to validated mission plan. First mission complete in 61 hours.
This is what tactically responsive space looks like.
Read more on our blog: trueanomaly.space/newsroom/first…
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Even Rogers retweeted
Less than 30 minutes from mission tasking to validated mission plan. First mission complete in 61 hours.
This is what tactically responsive space looks like.
Read more on our blog: trueanomaly.space/newsroom/first…
This is what tactically responsive space looks like.
Read more on our blog: trueanomaly.space/newsroom/first…
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At the heart of the VICTUS HAZE mission is a question about dual-use vs. built-for-mission.
Though it has been praised for decades, dual-use for space warfighting is an optimization forced by lack of mature warfighting concepts and poor budget capacity.
Before @USSpaceForce existed, there wasn’t an institution to keep and advance the knowledge of space superiority, nor an organization to invest at scale.
The feedback loop between doctrine and technology has always been the driver of the character of war, resulting in systems built for the battlefield.
This also happened in 1947. The consequences for American military might, aircraft design, and the industrial base were profound.
Though it has been praised for decades, dual-use for space warfighting is an optimization forced by lack of mature warfighting concepts and poor budget capacity.
Before @USSpaceForce existed, there wasn’t an institution to keep and advance the knowledge of space superiority, nor an organization to invest at scale.
The feedback loop between doctrine and technology has always been the driver of the character of war, resulting in systems built for the battlefield.
This also happened in 1947. The consequences for American military might, aircraft design, and the industrial base were profound.
Meet our Pioneer spacecraft bringing commercial RPO capability to space for @USSpaceForce and @USSF_SSC.
A highly configurable medium delta-V spacecraft that can carry up to 120kg of payload, Pioneer can approach and inspect other satellites with pinpoint precision.
✅ Engine relight capability
✅ Built entirely in-house with critical subsystems (solar, propulsion, radios, flight software) supplied by Rocket Lab
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