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US Defense Department will stop providing satellite weather data

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300 points drewr | 1 comments | 28 Jun 25 23:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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Mobius01 ◴[29 Jun 25 00:22 UTC] No.44409294[source]▶
Is this an attempt at controlling the narrative around climate change, in line with the impacts at NOAA and other climate-related government agencies?
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genter[dead post] ◴[29 Jun 25 00:28 UTC] No.44409323[source]▶
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alwa ◴[29 Jun 25 00:33 UTC] No.44409358[source]▶
Accuweather, who also depend on this same USG sensor data for their modeling…

I don’t think anybody wins from this.

See e.g. https://www.accuweather.com/en/press/accuweather-does-not-su...

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1. mullingitover ◴[29 Jun 25 05:24 UTC] No.44410555[source]▶
Most of the world looks at the collapse of the Soviet Union, particularly the looting of state institutions by the oligarchs in Russia, as a cautionary tale.

The current US regime looks at it as a roadmap.