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Research only — not advice
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Delay and changing conditions
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Named providers and sources
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AI provenance
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Robotics, aviation and life-safety limitation
The Observatory is not an operating manual, engineering validation, flight plan, remote-ID determination, waiver, airworthiness finding, maintenance instruction or safety case. Do not use it to control machinery, enter airspace, disable safeguards or make medical, workplace or life-safety decisions.
Defense and dual-use limitation
Defense and surveillance coverage is public-interest research. It is not tactical, targeting, weapon-construction, evasion or harmful operational guidance. Inclusion does not endorse a system, company, policy or use.