America’s Space Suez

The United States is intentionally building orbital networks of computation, communications and energy that function like a modern strategic chokepoint — a ‘‘Suez’’ in space — shifting the critical arteries of the global economy off Earth and out of reach of traditional maritime blockades. This involves combining satellite meshes (e.g., Starlink upgrades), orbital/near‑orbital power and mobile nuclear options with domestic control of key inputs (helium, green ammonia) to create an extraterritorial supply‑chain backbone. — If true, the strategy would reconfigure deterrence, trade leverage, and international dependency by making space the primary locus of economic and military infrastructure.