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Masao Dahlgren
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Reposted by Masao Dahlgren
#NEW CQ from Lachlan MacKenzie and @masao.bsky.social:

“Suppressing enemy air forces no longer assures that skies will be safe; there is now an “air littoral”—a domain of lower-altitude, lower-end drone threats—that must be secured.”

Read their full analysis here: www.csis.org/analysis/ukr...
Ukraine’s Drone Swarms Are Destroying Russian Nuclear Bombers. What Happens Now?
Ukrainian drones have left Russian nuclear-capable bombers in flames. Will Ukraine’s June 1 drone attack, conducted thousands of miles inside Russian territory, change Russia’s nuclear posture? Could ...
www.csis.org
June 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"[In a preliterate culture], how could you ever call back to mind what you had so laboriously worked out? The only answer is: Think memorable thoughts...Your thought must come into being in heavily rhythmic, balanced patterns, in repetitions..."
Walter Ong, 1982

open.substack.com/pub/masaodah...
Now We're Talking
Notes on McLuhan, Ong, and Oral Culture
open.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Someone trained a bouba/kiki bot
December 3, 2024 at 9:31 PM
the fujifilm discontinuation rumors are a shame. there's something magical about the provia look
November 26, 2024 at 12:31 AM
ICYMI:
August 27, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Wrote a call to accelerate and diversify DoD satellite constellations shortly before the Russian space nuke story broke. Our analysis in December showed that LEO-only could be vulnerable to nuclear detonations in space, and proposes alternatives.

breakingdefense.com/2024/02/the-...
The Pentagon’s next satellite launch is a test for missile defense’s future
In this op-ed, Masao Dahlgren discusses the launch of a forthcoming missile-tracking satellite constellation and what can be learned from it.
breakingdefense.com
February 16, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Reposted by Masao Dahlgren
I've retweeted it before but now I have had time to read it in full, and I recommend having a look at @masao.bsky.social 's (from CSIS) excellent report on the tradeoffs between various types of constellations to track hypersonic vehicles:
www.csis.org/analysis/get...
Getting on Track | CSIS
The Department of Defense is racing to build a constellation of satellites for tracking elusive hypersonic missiles. As these first satellites enter orbit, how should policymakers measure success? In ...
www.csis.org
December 28, 2023 at 4:57 PM
Just a teaser for the major report my team's releasing on December 18. The launch events always draw a really interesting crowd, and we'll have time after to mingle. Re the image; IYKYK
December 7, 2023 at 5:10 PM
Sometimes you find gems walking round dc
October 16, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Archival image of a Tomahawk missile on radar test stand, undated.
October 11, 2023 at 1:52 PM
Still thinking about this listing
October 8, 2023 at 3:22 AM
one of the coolest photos ever taken of a satellite tbh. SBIRS HEO-1
July 10, 2023 at 2:27 PM
belated Canada Day post in remembrance of Pirate Joe's, the bootleg trader joe's I used to live by in Vancouver. feel like the tech industry used to have more of these types of guys

(Photos: me, Vancouver Sun)
July 3, 2023 at 4:13 PM
I valued twt as a way to aggregate news and the takes of subject matter experts. I felt the same obligation to my followers so I only wrote in a professional voice and didn't share much on my personal interests. But here it'll be more chill I think. Though I'll prob be on less
July 1, 2023 at 5:11 PM