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This doesn't make sense, the treaty never applied to military communication satellites. Unless you claim that the dual purpose of starlink is to fall on earth a
by alexey-salmin 1y ago
This doesn't make sense, the treaty never applied to military communication satellites. Unless you claim that the dual purpose of starlink is to fall on earth at the right moment.
- msuniverse2026 1y agoThey can also be used as interceptors for ICBMs just like brilliant pebbles.
- alexey-salmin 1y agoI think that would require a lot of delta-v, the space is very big even for tens of thousands of satellites. But even if true this doesn't really count as dual use military technology that "everyone knows" about. Everyone knows about the communications part.
- msuniverse2026 1y agoTrue, I should've been more specific. I just happened to know that China considers it a threat due to this paper put out by the CSIS thinktank. https://interpret.csis.org/translations/starlink-militarization-and-its-impact-on-global-strategic-stability/ https://interpret.csis.org/translations/starlink-militarizat... Maybe I should submit it as an article.