The Russians have been engaging in GPS signal manipulation for some time now. The Norwegians have been complaining about it in northern Norway. I suspect that in this case it is part of security measures, which may say a lot about how safe Putin feels.
It appears that India has joined the ASAT club. Next to nukes, IMHO, having an ASAT capability will come to define what is a first rate military power in the future. I predict that in the not too distant future, we’ll see a war where the participants go after each others satellites.
This is the website for the Hayabusa II. No, not the Ki-43, but the Japanese asteroid exploration satellite. It is a neat site. In a modeling related tie-in, there is a 32nd scale kit of the Hayabusa II. (post in memory of Mike Nofsinger)
