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Like all other US defense companies, why not? Do you think US Navy produces their own ships?

• dredmorbius 3y ago
  The distinction here is that ships are built by nongovernmental private enterprises, whilst Starlink is operated by a nongovernmental private enterprise. With a somewhat volatile executive. Which isn't unprecedented. But it's also far from the equivalence your comment suggests.
  • mlindner 3y ago
    The US military already uses commercial satellite communication systems.
    • panick21_ 3y ago
      and commercial sensor system like 'Planet'. and commercial cargo transport. And lots of other stuff.
• bell-cot 3y ago
  Note that, historically, the US Navy had plenty of its own shipyards, and did produce many of its own ships. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_Navy_shipyards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_Navy_sh... But that's mostly been "optimized away" in more-recent times, in the name of Capitalism and Campaign Donations.
  • lannisterstark 3y ago
    >did produce many of its own ships. Problem is that we're talking about how it works currently. US also used to send its own specifically owned spacecrafts into space. But it hasn't in ages.