Kari Knuuttila

Farmer, working on IT.

[Christian Keil @pronounced_kyle]

This is wild... Russia seems to be threatening a *commercial* satellite that provides imaging services to Ukraine:

▸ starting about two weeks ago, Russia started maneuvering five (!) of their classified satellites to the same orbital inclination as the ICEYE satellite

▸ these burns were big, on the order of 100 m/s, clearly using chemical propulsion given the speed of the burns — very expensive and deliberate maneuvers

▸ as of last Friday, all five Russian satellites are now co-planar, at ~97.8° inclination, with three of ICEYE's satellites, and aligned in other orbital elements (e.g. RAAN) that make it clear they're specifically targeting this set

▸ I am a little skeptical that Russia is specifically targeting -X36 — there are two other satellites at the same inclination/RAAN (-X37 and -X38) — but the Russian sats are now all within striking distance of -X36, which is why people are concerned about it specifically; the closest cross-track distance is an estimated 500 meters (!!), all while the satellites are orbit 550 kilometers above Earth

▸ Russia has unleashed a cyberattack on a commercial satellite before (Viasat), and it is official Russian policy that commercially-owned infrastructure that aids in military efforts "may be legitimate target[s] for a retaliatory strike.”

▸ there's speculation that this could be a precursor to an RPO mission (meaning: physically grabbing the satellite or some other kind of non-kinetic attack like blinding/jamming)

Worth tracking closely. And unfortunately more evidence that space is militarizing, fast.

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

@MMaenpaa1 @jojalonen @aleksisjoberg Öh, Trafcom artikkelissa ei kyllä puhuttu meriliikenteeseen kohdistetusta häirinnästä. Häirintä toki sinnekkin vaikuttaa, kuten joku on pylpyrän suomenlahdelle merkiksi piirtänyt: Avointa + merta = Laivoja ja häirintä kantaa pidemmälle kuin maalla.

[DiaperDiplomacy @DiaperDiplomacy]

“If It Wasn’t for Us, You’d Be Speaking French” King Charles Toasts 250 Years of Side-Eye 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

@grace_vera01 @AmbBridgetBrink By withdrawing aid and severing western alliances trump has prolonged war. Giving putin better changes of successfull conquest.

You are not paying tribute to veterans of your military. You are spitting on them and their achievements.

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

@pekkahmakela @HenriVanhanen Erimieltä. Valmiutta nostava kertausharjoitus mahdollistaa juuri sopivan joukon käytön. (Olettaen että se on sitoumuksen tehnyt joukko) Kodinturvajoukoista ei löydy tutka-, it- saati taistelunjohtaja yksikköjä. Tuskin mastojen viereen ollaan vielä vartioasemia perustamassa.

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

@ir_rkp Datakeskus on tekoälyajan öljykenttä. Se tuo vipuvoimaa maalle jossa laskentateho ja tietovarastot.

Verotus toki laitettava kuntoon tai jotenkin muutoin keskusten hoidettava sähkökapasiteetin kasvutarpeen rahoitus.

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

@rsiilasmaa Kyllä tekoäly - ei datakeskukset? Öh, mitäs se tekoäly vaatikaan?

Tekoälyaikana datakeskukset on uusi öljykenttä..
Kyllä niitä kannattaa haalia Suomeen, vaikka olisivat ulkolaisessa omistuksessa. Tiettyä vipuvoimaa on mahdollista saavuttaa?

Toki sähköverotus on syytä tuunata.

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

@HenriVanhanen Trump tulee vaatimaan Grölannin itselleen ehtona artikla 5 jatkuvuudesta.
Varmasti tämä jo Ruttelle kommunikoitiin.
Ja nyt on toisaalta otollinen puhina laajemminkin, kun "epäluotettavasti" estettiin tukikohtien käyttöä.

Viimeistään Kuuban jälkeen Grölannin ottavat väkisin.

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

And you get this from official white house account.
What a bullshit times we get to enjoy.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

“NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!” - President Donald J. Trump

[DiaperDiplomacy @DiaperDiplomacy]

“The New York Times has no credibility.” - Trump snaps at NYT reporter after question on bombing Iran’s bridges and power plants

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

@WimMeulders @RasmusJarlov @MaMoMVPY Problem is it's not $ to $ when you compare with how much military power you get. A lot also goes to wages and pensions. And most of european are bit too small tech armies for prolonged conflict.

So head room is not that massive. Better get ready for call-ups in west also.

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

@ShafronTom @tomekkrym @Reltiet @CorporalFrisk based on all the crying in here and rightwing media, I think it already did.

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

@ShafronTom @tomekkrym @Reltiet @CorporalFrisk It's maga voters that were shortsighted. It's Trump admin that is shortsighted.

Good luck. I think this situation is called FAFO

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

@TeroTweet Hieno kuva. Kuvassa revontulet pohjois ja etelänavoilla ja kirkas piste ala oikealla pitäisi olla Venus.

Kannattaa myös katsoa tämä Jessica Meirin timelapse revontulista ISS:ltä

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

Hienosti näkyy myös Suomi Oulun korkeudelle asti.

[Jessica Meir @Astro_Jessica]

Inspired by our scheduled @Space_Station link up with the Crown Princess of Sweden, I set my camera lens on my mother’s home country (I have dual citizenship with Sweden!). With the inclination of the ISS orbit, we never pass directly over Scandinavia, but I was lucky enough to catch some aurora dancing in that neighborhood, just a few days before our call. Heja Sverige!

The timelapse shows city night lights but settings optimized for aurora, air glow, stars.
:06 Norway appears at right edge of screen
:10 Sweden appears at right edge of screen
:19 Sweden in center of screen
:28 Moscow appears on right of screen
:37 Moscow in center of screen

In the first image, you can see part of each of the Scandinavian countries – Sweden is in the center of the image (looks like some clouds over Southern Sweden, so lights look a bit blurry there), the air glow of the atmosphere at night, and the aurora (and the edge of an ISS solar array).

In the second image, you can see parts of Norway and Sweden (again a bit blurry in Southern Sweden due to clouds). The large bright spot in lower right area of image is Stockholm.

Both photos were taken on March 11, and the timelapse taken on March 13.

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Footage of Iranian police firing small arms at a pair of USAF HH-60Ws searching for the downed F-15E crew earlier today.

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

@WarrenDavidson @Matteodeluca95 And now you see why it was dump to tariff and harrash your allies.

But you are probably too fanatical to realize.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Wild footage of a U.S. Air Force HC-130J “Combat King II” Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Aircraft flying low over the countryside of Southern Iran while refueling a pair of MH-60G “Pave Hawk” Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Helicopters earlier this morning, as the search continues for the crew of an American F-15E Strike Eagle that was shot down today over Iran.

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

@RatyHeikki @PToveri Kyllä Herranen tässä useampaan kertaan mainitsi sensorien nostamisen ilmaan. ts. tutkakoneet

Varmaan järkevin tuo olisi toteuttaa ostamalla Ruotsalaisilta tiimaa, tai osallistua heidän uuden koneen hankkeeseen ja saada suomalaisia mukaan miehistöön

https://t.co/2Z89VCADaK

[Kari Knuuttila @GaryGnutter]

@BartDePalma @Mylovanov So greatest army got it's nose bleeding, and now crying for help from old allies, of whom it already undermined and threatened few months back.

Get Real. Look in the Mirror. You are going to be alone. And you made it.