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When it comes to responding to emerging threats, the Pentagon’s director for electromagnetic warfare suggested today that the US military’s electronic warfare organization should borrow a leaf from SpaceX.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said that Russia had jammed Starlink terminals in Ukraine for hours at a time after SpaceX shipped Starlink terminals to Ukraine in February in an apparent effort to help Ukraine preserve its internet connection amid the war with Russia. Starlink was back up and running after a software upgrade, according to Musk, who added on March 25 that the constellation had “resisted all hacking & jamming attempts” in Ukraine.
Assuming Musk — who is known for being a showboater in his public pronouncements — is giving an accurate image, a private company thwarting Russian EW attempts with software updates is the kind of thing that makes Pentagon EW experts sit up and take notice.
“That’s wonderful from the standpoint of an EW technologist. Dave Tremper, head of electronic warfare for the Pentagon’s acquisition office, remarked, “That paradigm and how they executed that is sort of eyewatering to me.” “We need to be able to upgrade in the same way that Starlink was able to when a threat appeared. We need to be able to modify our electromagnetic posture quickly, and we need to be able to change what we’re attempting to do without sacrificing capabilities.”
Elon talks about x-risks and making us a multi-planetary species, amongst other things.
What’s on Elon Musk’s mind? In this exclusive conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, Musk details how the radical new innovations he’s working on — Tesla’s intelligent humanoid robot Optimus, SpaceX’s otherworldly Starship and Neuralink’s brain-machine interfaces, among others — could help maximize the lifespan of humanity and create a world where goods and services are abundant and accessible for all. It’s a compelling vision of a future worth getting excited about. (Recorded at the Tesla Texas Gigafactory on April 6, 2022)
Just over a week after this interview was filmed, Elon Musk joined TED2022 for another (live) conversation, where he discussed his bid to purchase Twitter, the biggest regret of his career, how his brain works and more. Watch that conversation here: https://youtu.be/cdZZpaB2kDM
0:14 A future that’s worth getting excited about. 2:44 The sustainable energy economy, batteries and 300 terawatt hours of installed capacity. 7:06 “Humanity will solve sustainable energy.“ 8:47 Artificial intelligence and Tesla’s progress on full self-driving cars. 19:46 Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot. 21:46 “People have no idea, this is going to be bigger than the car.“ 23:14 Avoiding an AI dystopia. 26:39 The age of abundance. 28:20 Neuralink and brain-machine interfaces. 36:55 SpaceX’s Starship and the mission to build a city on Mars. 46:54 “It’s the people of Mars’ city.“ 50:14 What else can Starship do and help explore? 53:18 Possible synergies between Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company and Neuralink. 54:44 Intercontinental travel via Starship. 58:41 Being a billionaire. 1:02:31 Philanthropy as love of humanity. 1:03:39 Population collapse and birth rates as a threat to future of human civilization. 1:04:13 Elon’s drive. 1:06:06 “I think if you want the future to be good, you must make it so.”
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19-year-old Jack Sweeney is concerned his Twitter account tracking Elon Musk’s private jet is “probably gone” soon and speculates that Musk bought Twitter just to destroy his jet tracking accounts dailystar.
