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Russia is allowed to use Starlink namely because apparently Starlink only geo-fences so in order to let Ukraine use Starlink in an area you have to allow anybod
by lesuorac 2y ago
Russia is allowed to use Starlink namely because apparently Starlink only geo-fences so in order to let Ukraine use Starlink in an area you have to allow anybody else to use it.
Presumably over the past 12 years they could've implemented some of linking accounts to a region and ban the use outside of the region. (Although wait, didn't they do that to counter-act people using them with RVs/Boats in the US!?)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War#Reported_Starlink_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_in_the_Russo-Ukrainia...
- bpodgursky 2y ago> Presumably over the past 12 years they could've implemented some of linking accounts to a region and ban the use outside of the region I'm sure they could do better but it's messier than this, because Ukraine units self-fund much of their equipment purchases and will buy Starlinks etc third party (because Starlink can't sell individual units as military equipment... technically). It's actually not easy to trace down exactly which are being used by Ukraine and which are used by Russia, especially when captured equipment gets reused by the other side not infrequently.