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> Elon doesn't want Starlink to be directly used on weapons to kill people The starlink "star shield" program with the US DoD says otherwise. Every satellite c
by walrus01 4y ago
> Elon doesn't want Starlink to be directly used on weapons to kill people
The starlink "star shield" program with the US DoD says otherwise. Every satellite company wants a piece of the DOD's many billions a year spent on geostationary and other services, launches.
- Thlom 4y agoMilitary has been and always will be the milking cow for satcom operators. Every single satcom operator in the world is squeezing as much money from military contracts as possible. But usually they buy satellite capacity wholesale and lands the traffic on their own line cards in the teleport and is not using what can only be described as a consumer service. Maybe the allied countries should help Ukraine get proper satcom so they are not at the mercy of Musk whims.