Russia deploying Starlink in Ukraine—reports
Russia deploying Starlink in Ukraine—reports
Volunteer troops are using the satellite communications network, operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, in four illegally annexed regions of the country.
I wonder if he will shut them down to preserve lives.
No.
He's too busy gargling Putins gooch drippings.
Well there's a mental image I could've done without!
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No. He's too busy gargling Putins gooch drippings.
@mods
If I violated a sub/instance rule, by all means remove my comment. (and reference the actual rule violation) But just because you personally don't like the thought? Fuck off.
You don't have to agree with my opinions, but silencing critics you don't like is not ok.
Traitor
I mean, I’m not a Musk fan in the least, but the article does say that the receivers are being sold through an intermediary in Dubai, perhaps unbeknownst to Musk and SpaceX.
Because of how starlink works, they have to aim satellites specifically at areas for data to flow. They have the ability to turn regions on and off (ie, satellites over China).
They know exactly where the transceivers are and based on movement patterns, probably which side they are on.
Unless he is feeding that position data to the Ukrainian military, he knows exactly who is using them and letting it happen. He didnt sell them the dishes, but he lets them be used.
To South Africa?
The US isn't at war with Russia sweaty.
I am waiting to find out he violated ITAR.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Ukrainian soldiers say Russia's military have begun using Elon Musk's Starlink satellite communications network in Ukraine, according to a journalist in the country.
"They began to deliver Starlink en masse, via Dubai, accounts are activated, they work in the occupied territories," one of the soldiers with the X handle @Serhij wrote, referring to the four regions of Ukraine that were illegally annexed by Russia in the fall of 2022—Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
Musk's SpaceX deployed its Starlink satellites to help provide Kyiv with internet service in the early days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
A source in the satellite communications market, familiar with the situation, told ComNews that Starlink systems are being delivered in bulk to Russia, and named Dubai as the location for the wholesale purchase of the equipment.
"Before being imported into Russia, terminals are registered under various foreign companies (Cyprus is often included), after which an account is activated under any name, often a fictitious one," the source said.
Musk previously refused to allow Ukraine to use Starlink internet services to launch an attack on Crimea to avoid complicity in a "major act of war."
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I don’t think Musk is the rogue element people think he is. I think he’s as integral a part of the US military-industrial complex as any other US tech billionaire, no different from say Peter Thiel or Eric Schmidt.