-| Jay Allen
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The Orbital Swarm Is Already Here
How satellite mega-constellations are redrawing the lines of war, power, and sovereignty
medium.com
New on Medium:
The Orbital Swarm Is Already Here
How Mega-constellations are reshaping power in orbit.
Space isn’t quiet. It’s strategic.
medium.com/@jayallenuk/...
#Space #LEO #Geopolitics #Medium
The Orbital Swarm Is Already Here
How Mega-constellations are reshaping power in orbit.
Space isn’t quiet. It’s strategic.
medium.com/@jayallenuk/...
#Space #LEO #Geopolitics #Medium
Greenland isn’t theatre. It’s signalling: Arctic access and ground stations are bargaining chips. For UK, High North is the front door; dependency is the risk. jayallen.pro/the-arctic-a... #Greenland #NATO #SpaceSecurity
The Arctic as Flashpoint: What Trump's Greenland Push Reveals About Northern Security
When the President of the United States says America “needs” Greenland for defence, he’s not making a real estate pitch. He’s signalling that Arctic access is now a strategic entitlement question, not...
jayallen.pro
January 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Greenland isn’t theatre. It’s signalling: Arctic access and ground stations are bargaining chips. For UK, High North is the front door; dependency is the risk. jayallen.pro/the-arctic-a... #Greenland #NATO #SpaceSecurity
Financial Warfare in the Americas: What Europe Should Learn from Venezuela
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Financial Warfare in the Americas: What Europe Should Learn from Venezuela
The United States just abducted a head of state, and the weapon that made it possible wasn’t a carrier group, it was a tariff schedule.
Over the weekend, the Trump administration launched a military ...
jayallen.pro
January 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Financial Warfare in the Americas: What Europe Should Learn from Venezuela
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The CRASH Clock is ticking as satellite congestion in low Earth orbit worsens
The CRASH Clock is ticking as satellite congestion in low Earth orbit worsens
It's getting crowded up there
Earth's orbit is starting to look like an LA freeway, with more and more satellites being launched each year. If you're worried about collisions and space debris making the area unusable – and you should be – scientists have proposed a new metric to contribute to your anxiety: the CRASH Clock.…
dlvr.it
December 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The CRASH Clock is ticking as satellite congestion in low Earth orbit worsens
Europe faces a hard reset. The 2025 US NSS shifts more responsibility onto allies. For the UK and EU, the question is whether to step up with unity and real capability, or risk being sidelined. 🇪🇺🇬🇧 #NATO #EuropeSecurity #UK #Defence2025 #NSS
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Implications of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy for the UK and Europe
Europe After America’s 2025 National Security Strategy
A British view from the alliance front line
When Washington drops a new National Security Strategy, most Europeans skim the headlines, reassure...
jayallen.pro
December 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Europe faces a hard reset. The 2025 US NSS shifts more responsibility onto allies. For the UK and EU, the question is whether to step up with unity and real capability, or risk being sidelined. 🇪🇺🇬🇧 #NATO #EuropeSecurity #UK #Defence2025 #NSS
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Just published The Last Patrol, a near-future, moment-by-moment look at a UK nuclear second-strike scenario, based on real CASD procedures and open sources.
jayallen.pro/the-last-pat... #NuclearPolicy #CASD #Deterrence #UKDefence
jayallen.pro/the-last-pat... #NuclearPolicy #CASD #Deterrence #UKDefence
The Last Patrol
The United Kingdom has maintained a continuous at-sea deterrent (CASD) since 1969, code-named Operation Relentless, meaning at least one nuclear-armed submarine is always on patrol, hidden in the worl...
jayallen.pro
December 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Just published The Last Patrol, a near-future, moment-by-moment look at a UK nuclear second-strike scenario, based on real CASD procedures and open sources.
jayallen.pro/the-last-pat... #NuclearPolicy #CASD #Deterrence #UKDefence
jayallen.pro/the-last-pat... #NuclearPolicy #CASD #Deterrence #UKDefence
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Elon Musk now owns two thirds of satellites as 10,000th Starlink launches
Elon Musk now owns two thirds of satellites as 10,000th Starlink launches
Elon Musk now owns two thirds of satellites as 10,000th Starlink launches
www.independent.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Elon Musk now owns two thirds of satellites as 10,000th Starlink launches
Reports via @engadget.bsky.social suggest SpaceX’s Starshield satellites are using unauthorised frequencies. If true, it’s not just a regulatory issue, it’s a warning for how blurred the line between commercial and military orbit has become. #SpaceSecurity #LEO
www.engadget.com/science/spac...
www.engadget.com/science/spac...
SpaceX's Starshield satellites are reportedly transmitting signals on unauthorized frequencies
SpaceX's Starshield satellites might be violating international standards to transmit data to Earth.
www.engadget.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reports via @engadget.bsky.social suggest SpaceX’s Starshield satellites are using unauthorised frequencies. If true, it’s not just a regulatory issue, it’s a warning for how blurred the line between commercial and military orbit has become. #SpaceSecurity #LEO
www.engadget.com/science/spac...
www.engadget.com/science/spac...
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FCC kicks off 'Space Month' with vow to fast-track satellite licensing
FCC kicks off 'Space Month' with vow to fast-track satellite licensing
Agency aims to replace its default 'no' with default 'yes' while overhauling rules for operators
The US Federal Communications Commission has launched "Space Month," with Chairman Brendan Carr saying that "we'll replace a default to no at the agency to a default to yes" for satellite licensing requests.…
dlvr.it
October 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
FCC kicks off 'Space Month' with vow to fast-track satellite licensing
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🚀 Coming in 2026 - The Sky Is Full 🎙️
A documentary podcast on the satellite swarms reshaping life, politics, and war. From the Cold War to Silicon Valley, Ukraine’s battlefields to Chinese launch pads - how low Earth orbit became the world’s new high ground.
👉 theskyisfull.com
A documentary podcast on the satellite swarms reshaping life, politics, and war. From the Cold War to Silicon Valley, Ukraine’s battlefields to Chinese launch pads - how low Earth orbit became the world’s new high ground.
👉 theskyisfull.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚀 Coming in 2026 - The Sky Is Full 🎙️
A documentary podcast on the satellite swarms reshaping life, politics, and war. From the Cold War to Silicon Valley, Ukraine’s battlefields to Chinese launch pads - how low Earth orbit became the world’s new high ground.
👉 theskyisfull.com
A documentary podcast on the satellite swarms reshaping life, politics, and war. From the Cold War to Silicon Valley, Ukraine’s battlefields to Chinese launch pads - how low Earth orbit became the world’s new high ground.
👉 theskyisfull.com
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China's CGST has returned the favour, using its Jilin-1 sats to image a Maxar Worldview Legion 2 satellite. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/3oGA5_HVKJ...
September 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
China's CGST has returned the favour, using its Jilin-1 sats to image a Maxar Worldview Legion 2 satellite. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/3oGA5_HVKJ...
🚀 Thrilled to share I’ve signed with Potomac Books (Univ. of Nebraska Press) to publish my first book: Swarm: The Rise of Mega-Constellations and the Battle for Low Earth Orbit. Draft nearly done, publication planned for 2026. jayallen.pro
September 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🚀 Thrilled to share I’ve signed with Potomac Books (Univ. of Nebraska Press) to publish my first book: Swarm: The Rise of Mega-Constellations and the Battle for Low Earth Orbit. Draft nearly done, publication planned for 2026. jayallen.pro
China’s LEO ambitions get boost with more launches. www.space.com/space-explor...
China launches 8th batch of satellites for 13,000-strong internet megaconstellation (video)
It was the fourth Guowang launch in less than three weeks.
www.space.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
China’s LEO ambitions get boost with more launches. www.space.com/space-explor...
2030: War in the Shadows: How China Could Take Taiwan Without Firing First
jayallen.pro/2030-war-in-... #militaryscenario #globalsecurity #2030
jayallen.pro/2030-war-in-... #militaryscenario #globalsecurity #2030
2030: War in the Shadows: How China Could Take Taiwan Without Firing First
The first sign was not a missile launch, but a picture.
At 06:42 Taipei time, a high‑resolution satellite image surfaced on a public imagery feed: a line of grey hulls pushing east from the Chinese c...
jayallen.pro
August 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
2030: War in the Shadows: How China Could Take Taiwan Without Firing First
jayallen.pro/2030-war-in-... #militaryscenario #globalsecurity #2030
jayallen.pro/2030-war-in-... #militaryscenario #globalsecurity #2030
This is exactly what my research has been saying for sometime! The cyber/physical threats to satellites are real and need to be addressed! jayallen.pro
Why blow up satellites when you can just hack them?
Why blow up satellites when you can just hack them?
A pair of German researchers showed how easy it is
Black Hat Four countries have now tested anti-satellite missiles (the US, China, Russia, and India), but it's much easier and cheaper just to hack them.…
dlvr.it
August 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This is exactly what my research has been saying for sometime! The cyber/physical threats to satellites are real and need to be addressed! jayallen.pro
@tnewtondunn.bsky.social Just wanted to say the last episode of your podcast with Gen Rainey was brilliant, a riveting listen! Hats off to you and Gen Sanders for what is turning out to be a defining series. I wondered if you had any future episodes planned on Taiwan or Space Security? Thanks!
August 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
@tnewtondunn.bsky.social Just wanted to say the last episode of your podcast with Gen Rainey was brilliant, a riveting listen! Hats off to you and Gen Sanders for what is turning out to be a defining series. I wondered if you had any future episodes planned on Taiwan or Space Security? Thanks!
Interesting news from Eutelsat raises questions on whether they can become a true competitor to Starlink? I have doubts. #Space #Spacesecurity
www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/e...
www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/e...
Eutelsat LEO revenue rockets 84%
: OneWeb constellation may be smaller, but it's suddenly looking like a safer bet for some
www.theregister.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Interesting news from Eutelsat raises questions on whether they can become a true competitor to Starlink? I have doubts. #Space #Spacesecurity
www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/e...
www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/e...
New on Medium:
The Orbital Swarm Is Already Here
How Mega-constellations are reshaping power in orbit.
Space isn’t quiet. It’s strategic.
medium.com/@jayallenuk/...
#Space #LEO #Geopolitics #Medium
The Orbital Swarm Is Already Here
How Mega-constellations are reshaping power in orbit.
Space isn’t quiet. It’s strategic.
medium.com/@jayallenuk/...
#Space #LEO #Geopolitics #Medium
The Orbital Swarm Is Already Here
How satellite mega-constellations are redrawing the lines of war, power, and sovereignty
medium.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New on Medium:
The Orbital Swarm Is Already Here
How Mega-constellations are reshaping power in orbit.
Space isn’t quiet. It’s strategic.
medium.com/@jayallenuk/...
#Space #LEO #Geopolitics #Medium
The Orbital Swarm Is Already Here
How Mega-constellations are reshaping power in orbit.
Space isn’t quiet. It’s strategic.
medium.com/@jayallenuk/...
#Space #LEO #Geopolitics #Medium
Echoes of Armageddon: Why We’ve Stopped Fearing Nuclear War and Why That Should Worry Us
jayallen.pro/echoes-of-ar... #NuclearRisk #StrategicStability #ColdWarMemory #GlobalSecurity
jayallen.pro/echoes-of-ar... #NuclearRisk #StrategicStability #ColdWarMemory #GlobalSecurity
Echoes of Armageddon: Why We’ve Stopped Fearing Nuclear War and Why That Should Worry Us
Once, nuclear war haunted films, protests, and public imagination. Today, the fear has faded—but the threat hasn’t. This piece explores how we lost our nuclear anxiety, why that might be dangerous, an...
jayallen.pro
August 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Echoes of Armageddon: Why We’ve Stopped Fearing Nuclear War and Why That Should Worry Us
jayallen.pro/echoes-of-ar... #NuclearRisk #StrategicStability #ColdWarMemory #GlobalSecurity
jayallen.pro/echoes-of-ar... #NuclearRisk #StrategicStability #ColdWarMemory #GlobalSecurity
The sky is no longer quiet. I’ve spent the past year researching mega-constellations, Starlink, OneWeb, Guowang, and more. The result: Swarm, a new nonfiction book on power, space, and sovereignty. First chapter now live: jayallen.pro/2025/08/02/s... #Swarm #SpacePolicy
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Swarm: The Rise of Mega-Constellations and the Battle for Low Earth Orbit – Prologue
The Sky is Full © Jay Allen 2025 Above Ukraine, the Future Arrived Early In the opening days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the war appeared to follow a familiar…
jayallen.pro
August 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The sky is no longer quiet. I’ve spent the past year researching mega-constellations, Starlink, OneWeb, Guowang, and more. The result: Swarm, a new nonfiction book on power, space, and sovereignty. First chapter now live: jayallen.pro/2025/08/02/s... #Swarm #SpacePolicy
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Pleased to share I’ve completed my MA in Global Security Studies at King's College London with Merit! It’s been a tough but fascinating journey balancing studies with work, and I’m especially proud of my research on space security, AI, and deterrence. Now to find a way to continue down this path!
July 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Pleased to share I’ve completed my MA in Global Security Studies at King's College London with Merit! It’s been a tough but fascinating journey balancing studies with work, and I’m especially proud of my research on space security, AI, and deterrence. Now to find a way to continue down this path!
Great article from IISS - China’s dual-use space sector goes global www.iiss.org/online-analy...
#spacesecurity #space
#spacesecurity #space
China’s dual-use space sector goes global
China’s capabilities related to becoming a space power have undergone remarkable improvement in the last two decades. With a global infrastructure of telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) stations and numerous cooperation agreements with other states, China is well positioned to continue its advancements with its new mid- and long-term development plan, to be announced next year.
www.iiss.org
July 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Great article from IISS - China’s dual-use space sector goes global www.iiss.org/online-analy...
#spacesecurity #space
#spacesecurity #space
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🚀Meet INVICTUS – Europe’s new hypersonic test platform.
We have joined forces with UK-based Frazer-Nash to kick off INVICTUS, a research programme with the goal of developing hypersonic technologies applicable to future reusable vehicles capable of horizontal launch.
▶️ esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
We have joined forces with UK-based Frazer-Nash to kick off INVICTUS, a research programme with the goal of developing hypersonic technologies applicable to future reusable vehicles capable of horizontal launch.
▶️ esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
July 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🚀Meet INVICTUS – Europe’s new hypersonic test platform.
We have joined forces with UK-based Frazer-Nash to kick off INVICTUS, a research programme with the goal of developing hypersonic technologies applicable to future reusable vehicles capable of horizontal launch.
▶️ esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
We have joined forces with UK-based Frazer-Nash to kick off INVICTUS, a research programme with the goal of developing hypersonic technologies applicable to future reusable vehicles capable of horizontal launch.
▶️ esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
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INVICTUS builds upon earlier ESA-led technological developments and will provide a platform for industry, agencies, and academia to trial next-generation hypersonic technologies. #UKSC2025
🚀Meet INVICTUS – Europe’s new hypersonic test platform.
We have joined forces with UK-based Frazer-Nash to kick off INVICTUS, a research programme with the goal of developing hypersonic technologies applicable to future reusable vehicles capable of horizontal launch.
▶️ esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
We have joined forces with UK-based Frazer-Nash to kick off INVICTUS, a research programme with the goal of developing hypersonic technologies applicable to future reusable vehicles capable of horizontal launch.
▶️ esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
July 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
INVICTUS builds upon earlier ESA-led technological developments and will provide a platform for industry, agencies, and academia to trial next-generation hypersonic technologies. #UKSC2025