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  1. @HardBeingGreen
    Long toot… apologies

    An interesting article, if somewhat dated (some of the refefence links no longer return a page - 404 cannot be found). I had to laugh at the #Beazly reference, he really didn’t understand that issue very well, he had the basic idea but a confused understanding of it — based on the quoted words in the reference and my limited knowledge.

    IMO the ‘kill switch’ (back door, trojan or whatever) is ultimately controlled via *comms* of some sort. If an asset goes dark (as boats do all the time), there’s no way to ‘kill it remotely’ unless it is baked-in and ‘clocked’ — think Y2K — which in armement is too silly a thing to contemplate; just shy of declaring war. Back doors are a given though, and techs in the ITC world actively seek out and work to counter them.

    There are known, if expensive and time-consuming, solutions though. The RAN has developed its own combat management systems that connects (or disconnects) to allied network-centric C4ISR systems such as the Aegis system, etc. While the US can deny access to its own enclave, the weapon plaform is still operable even with reduced situational awareness (which can be resolved with Australia designed and operated systems connected to other allied network-centric systems - Japan, UK, NATO, etc.). Systems experts in armements are not idiots and if history does something well it is to teach lessons. So, the F18 saga has taught us that our F35As are most probably subject to similar constraints (think #Link16, #IFF, #SAR, etc., anything digitally enhanced) and solutions either have been found or are in progres, I have no doubts about that (think of other Australian assets that would plug in to fill the ‘holes’ (think #E8 Posidon, #Triton UAV, #E7 Wedgetail, #JORN, MilSat, MilComms, rocket motors, missile assembly, etc.)

    If we can speculate kill switch (that’s all this is), why is it impossible to think that whatever ‘kill switch’ might be embedded in the second-hand #Virginia boats are known? In any case the real goal of #AUKUS is to build them here. If a ‘black box’ appears for integration (from #US or #UK) we’d isolate and pull it apart before integration with the platform wouldn’t we? We’d at least make sure we know its functional parameters, its limitiations and T&C.

    #Journos must really think all #Defence personel (civil & uniform) are stupid sometimes (good for #security and #secrecy, but bad politics in my view)

    /all of the above are opinions based on what I know atm/

  2. Triton likely formed in the outer solar system before Neptune captured it, largely destroying the planet’s original moon system. JWST observations published in July 2026 suggest today’s inner moons reassembled from the wreckage — although Nereid may be one original survivor.
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>Webb spectra suggest Neptune’s inner moons were rebuilt from destroyed icy interiors
    #original #neptune #system #triton

  3. #DerStandard:
    "
    Ein einziger Mond hat einst ein Inferno in Neptuns Umlaufbahn überstanden
    "
    "Der drittgrößte Neptunmond Nereid ist nach einer neuen Studie sein einziger originaler Mond. Die anderen stammen aus dem Kuipergürtel und vernichteten die ursprünglichen Monde"

    derstandard.at/story/300000032

    23.5.2026

    #Astronomie #JWST #Kuipergürtel #Neptun #Nereid #Planetologie #Spektrometer #Triton #Weltraumteleskop

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  5. There's an entire school of thought for #ICS #OT security where the ultimate issue at stake is sensor integrity and compromise.

    You can tell this school of thought is intellectually bankrupt because they focus on the incredibly hard problem (in terms of access of deeply-embedded devices and number as these will be numerous and overlapping in scope), instead of looking at actual abuse of sensor technology: by compromising the endpoint or midpoint to spoof, replay, or otherwise manipulate the telemetry stream, while leaving the sensor itself alone.

    This is what #Stuxnet did. This is kinda what #Triton tried to do. Arguably it alings with the #Siprotec relay DoS in #Industroyer. Yet because of commercial interests (or maybe lack of analysis and creativity) we observe a focus on the hardest possible avenue for corrupting #OT ecosystem integrity - compromising sensors - while ignoring the very real AND REALIZED threat of telemetry abuse and spoofing.