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Victoria Samson

@VSamson_DC

Hates the humidity, loves cats. Works on space policy for @SWFoundation, but opinions are mine, not the organization's. She/her

Katılım Eylül 2019
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Victoria Samson
Victoria Samson@VSamson_DC·
It's out!! This monster has doubled in size from when we first started it in 2018; little did we know what we were getting ourselves into. Check out the 2025 edition 👇
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Secure World Foundation@SWFoundation

1/ Today SWF is releasing the 2025 version of our Global Counterspace Capabilities report, which tracks R&D, testing, & deployment of counterspace capabilities, edited by @VSamson_DC with editorial support by Laetitia Cesari. swfound.org/counterspace/

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Friends of Bear Cat Rescue
Dweeb is at UC Davis and is getting his surgery tomorrow! They're going to do their best to fix his poor jaw. Here's a treat - he had buttons for 48 hours 🥹 The first surgeon applied button sutures just to hold his jaw together until he could get what he really needs at UCD.
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Matthew Adams
Matthew Adams@MatthewAdams60·
Stars and Stripes was not approved by the Pentagon to attend this press conference. I will be be watching it on a screen instead. Seems a bit odd since the Pentagon published a memo with changes to the newspaper, including content overhaul. ICYMI: #story-21051529-correction" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">stripes.com/theaters/us/20…
Department of War 🇺🇸@DeptofWar

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Alon Mizrahi
Alon Mizrahi@alon_mizrahi·
Day 1: it's going to take a couple of days Day 20: ok we need 200 billion dollars
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Arnold Bogis
Arnold Bogis@ArnoldBogis·
@VSamson_DC Can't they just say "nuclear weapons?" It's not like anyone is worried about biological or chemical weapons in space...
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Victoria Samson@VSamson_DC·
"The March exercise will focus on the threat of weapons of mass destruction in space, a scenario that planners say requires coordination across government and industry." spacenews.com/space-command-…
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Victoria Samson
Victoria Samson@VSamson_DC·
@NicoleGrajewski UNLESS Cosmos 2553's tumbling has rendered it unusable and so they're making a new satellite? I'm working through this in real time, don't mind me 😂
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Victoria Samson@VSamson_DC·
@NicoleGrajewski I'm not convinced it's a new satellite versus their description of what is already known - Russia's developing a nuke that could be placed into orbit etc. We already know Cosmos 2553 is related to this program, so unless this means that they are working on a new delivery method?
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Nicole Grajewski
Nicole Grajewski@NicoleGrajewski·
More on Russia’s co-orbital nuclear ASAT “Russia is developing a new satellite meant to carry a nuclear weapon as an antisatellite capability.” dni.gov/files/ODNI/doc…
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proton@ProtonInspector·
The lines for the soda gun at your favourite bar haven’t been cleaned in two years
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Hans Kristensen (also on Bluesky)
It would be helpful if DNI would made that clear so the 16,000 doesn’t conflate regional conventional threat with intercontinental nuclear threat.
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Hans Kristensen (also on Bluesky)
DNI says "threats to the Homeland will expand to more than 16,000 missiles by 2035, from the current figure of more than 3,000 missiles." intelligence.senate.gov/2026/03/17/ope… Context: "Homeland" includes overseas territories, such as Guam, so 16K is probably mainly conv. cruise missiles.
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Rep. Mike Levin
Rep. Mike Levin@RepMikeLevin·
This is unhinged. The President of the United States went on a late-night rant, making clear he believes the Supreme Court justices he appointed owe him their loyalty and should always rule in his favor. The President of the United States is openly attacking the independence of the judiciary, the very institution that stands between every American and unchecked executive power. Courts don’t work for the President. They work for the Constitution. And a president attacking the judiciary for doing its job is telling you he believes he is above the law.
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Daractenus
Daractenus@Daractenus·
For the record, the president of the United States is now simultaneously claiming that he has won the war, is currently winning the war, needs help to win the war, and needs no help to win the war. All to destroy the nuclear program he claims to have already destroyed last year.
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Victoria Samson
Victoria Samson@VSamson_DC·
@VKAbramowicz I have full confidence of their ability to express themselves and this was worded explicitly so they could tie nuclear to this
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Victor Abramowicz
Victor Abramowicz@VKAbramowicz·
I think the subsequent lines clarify that they're conflating the two into a nuclear ICBM capability "such satellite launches were often viewed by the Jewish state and by America as a grave danger, due to their being a potential dual-use threat and a move toward producing nuclear weapons, including intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), which might eventually reach the US."
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Victoria Samson@VSamson_DC·
Never heard of developing SLVs as a pathway for nukes: "The IDF on March 8 attacked Iran's Aerospace Headquarters for launching satellites, technology which had potential dual use for being incorporated in future attempts to develop nuclear weapons" jpost.com/israel-news/de…
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Victor Abramowicz
Victor Abramowicz@VKAbramowicz·
@VSamson_DC SLV and ICBM technology is fundamentally the same in terms of principles. Look at the R-7 and Soyuz.
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Victoria Samson@VSamson_DC·
"In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said its forces have managed to identify the location of these satellites via advanced technological tools." presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03…
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