cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/72895333

Canada is making big strides toward a sovereign space capability.

Ukraine’s Starshield satellite terminals stopped working after a still-unexplained order came from inside the White House, and Canada has spent years quietly building its own military space network like radar satellites, Arctic communications, and its own rocket launch pads. I trace Canada’s RADARSAT constellation, its new Telesat Lightspeed Arctic network, and a government document that literally says the goal is to “augment and replace” America’s WGS system.

This is a great video not just about Canada but about all allies of the US right now needing to rethink space capability in the wake of Elon Musk's bullshit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0mRJCPuInY

I don't believe it's worth it for USA to rock the boat by shutting down things when they can just surveil, manipulate, and sabotage unnoticed through their operating systems and social media used almost everywhere. With those they can keep countries vassal.

“Pre-emptive manipulation of society by nudge swarms around vigilant targets, as orchestrated by surveillance capitalist companies"
https://lemmy.world/post/52470551

"The Pentagon is quietly building an elite new tech sabotage agency"
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/22/technology-support-office-dod-tech-spyware-sabotage-01100327