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The National Reflex
The internet has no borders. Our defense of it has nothing but.
Jun 24
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Brandon Karpf
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Which One Is Right?
Part 3 of 3. Nine states on the board, seven trades, and the two clean-looking calls fall apart. Tokyo is choosing this quarter.
Jun 3
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Brandon Karpf
Spaceballs the Datacenter 2: The Search for More Bandwidth
I modeled five business cases for datacenters in orbit. Four died. Only one is feasible.
Mar 11
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Brandon Karpf
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The Quiet Rearmament
How Japan re-armed itself with generational patience and $275 billion.
Apr 1
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Brandon Karpf
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The Business of Containment
Governing the Offensive Cyber Enterprise
Dec 2, 2025
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Brandon Karpf
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Spaceballs the Datacenter!
Feb 7
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Brandon Karpf
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The Gardens of Kyoto
Mar 14
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Brandon Karpf
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Spaceballs the Datacenter 2: The Search for More Bandwidth
Mar 11
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Brandon Karpf
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The Backup Was Always a Clock
Jun 10
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Brandon Karpf
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Navigating the GPS threat landscape
Source: T-Minus Space-Cyber Briefing
Jun 26
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Brandon Karpf
The $1,000 Quote and the $50 Fix
A furnace, a fog lamp, and the tax you never knew you were paying.
Jun 17
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Brandon Karpf
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The Backup Was Always a Clock
GPS has no fallback, the program to upgrade it just collapsed, and the most credible replacement is a clock the Royal Navy bolted into a robot…
Jun 10
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Brandon Karpf
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Everybody's Racing to Orbit. Nobody's Funding the Radio.
A single GPU needs a fire hydrant of bandwidth to reach its neighbor. The best satellite link flying today is a garden hose.
Jun 2
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Brandon Karpf
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Moscow Built It First
Part 2 of 3. Russia confirmed it the other week. China has confirmed it for a year. North Korea refuses to.
May 27
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Brandon Karpf
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Eleven Years to the Minute.
I went to watch the Class of 2026 commission. I ended up back in my own choker whites.
May 24
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Brandon Karpf
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Two Sentences on Telegram
Part 1 of 3. Iran ordered its cyber proxy to stand down, in public, on a feed anyone could read.
May 20
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Brandon Karpf
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Japan stops sitting out the cyber fight.
Source: The CyberWire Daily Podcast
May 14
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Brandon Karpf
The First Island Kill Chain
A hundred miles from Taiwan, three flags rehearse an integrated missile salvo, anchored by Japan.
Apr 30
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Brandon Karpf
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