The military wanting to spend money on a starlink like low earth orbit system is nothing new or surprising. They have been spending vast amounts of money on va

The military wanting to spend money on a starlink like low earth orbit system is nothing new or surprising. They have been spending vast amounts of money on various types of geostationary based two-way satellite communications technology for 40 years. And they currently do so on some very low term projects and contracts. Remember that the US DoD is what saved Iridium too. They are always on the lookout for new or better tech. Musk entirely aside for the moment, fact is that the starlink Redmond team has been first to market with something that is WAY ahead of kuiper, oneweb, telesat or any other leo satellite network in real world results.