It's on their website and has been for days. https://www.ivanti.com/blog/security-update-for-ivanti-conne... That latest update is a follow up from Jan 10

https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/ Put in your location and it will tell you when and where to look at the sky to see one. Works great for me and hopefully it will work for you.

Back button and swipe behavior is configurable in Settings.

How does the "military industrial complex being the largest 'special interest' lobbying..." change this? Do you mean that because the complex is always pushing for more military spending that the US will not have a chance to back down on the world stage?

The article did compare the spending of the US military to the spending of the UE so that comparison was drawn at least on a smaller scale.