Note to staff: only block democratic freedom fighters.
EM
autotldr on
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-starlink-russia-shahed-135-drone-elon-musk-spacex-1959563) reduced by 82%. (I’m a bot)
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> Ukraine's air force declined to directly address the reported discovery of Starlink within a Shahed drone when approached by Newsweek, but said Ukrainian experts were studying targets shot down by air defenses.
> "SpaceX has never sold or marketed Starlink in Russia, nor has it shipped equipment to locations in Russia. If Russian stores are claiming to sell Starlink for service in that country, they are scamming their customers.”
> Back in May, the then-assistant secretary of defense for space policy in the Pentagon, John Plumb, told Bloomberg that the U.S. was "Heavily involved in working with the government of Ukraine and SpaceX to counter Russian illicit use of Starlink terminals.”
> “If SpaceX obtains knowledge that a Starlink terminal is being used by a sanctioned or unauthorized party, we investigate the claim and take actions to deactivate the terminal if confirmed,” the company added.
Ukraine took actions first.
Plumbus_DoorSalesman on
Everything, and I mean everything, about Elon Musk sucks.
tonyislost on
Can’t SpaceX just turn coverage off over Russia?
Harkonnen_Dog on
Sounds like it’s time to requisition Starlink.
Call it “Eminent Domain”.
Remote-Ad-2686 on
Reminds me of the buisiness men that profited from the War of the Roses .
eugene20 on
After Elon shut starlink down for the Ukrainians just before a retaliatory offensive –
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>“How am I in this war?” Musk asked rhetorically in an interview with Isaacson. “Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes.”
Starlink is the dumbest shit. Like all of Elon’s ‘ideas’ like just build the infrastructure on the ground idiot. Useless shit
7nightstilldawn on
OMG I’m shocked! Shocked! So you’re telling me Elon Musk is selling over priced POS vehicles in the US in order to finance his nationalistic dreams of segregation!?
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Note to staff: only block democratic freedom fighters.
EM
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-starlink-russia-shahed-135-drone-elon-musk-spacex-1959563) reduced by 82%. (I’m a bot)
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> Ukraine's air force declined to directly address the reported discovery of Starlink within a Shahed drone when approached by Newsweek, but said Ukrainian experts were studying targets shot down by air defenses.
> "SpaceX has never sold or marketed Starlink in Russia, nor has it shipped equipment to locations in Russia. If Russian stores are claiming to sell Starlink for service in that country, they are scamming their customers.”
> Back in May, the then-assistant secretary of defense for space policy in the Pentagon, John Plumb, told Bloomberg that the U.S. was "Heavily involved in working with the government of Ukraine and SpaceX to counter Russian illicit use of Starlink terminals.”
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> “If SpaceX obtains knowledge that a Starlink terminal is being used by a sanctioned or unauthorized party, we investigate the claim and take actions to deactivate the terminal if confirmed,” the company added.
Ukraine took actions first.
Everything, and I mean everything, about Elon Musk sucks.
Can’t SpaceX just turn coverage off over Russia?
Sounds like it’s time to requisition Starlink.
Call it “Eminent Domain”.
Reminds me of the buisiness men that profited from the War of the Roses .
After Elon shut starlink down for the Ukrainians just before a retaliatory offensive –
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>“How am I in this war?” Musk asked rhetorically in an interview with Isaacson. “Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes.”
[source](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/07/elon-musk-ordered-starlink-turned-off-ukraine-offensive-biography)
And now it’s in Russian drones..
FWIW, it could just be misinformation…
Well the biggest Elmo investors are Russian
Starlink is the dumbest shit. Like all of Elon’s ‘ideas’ like just build the infrastructure on the ground idiot. Useless shit
OMG I’m shocked! Shocked! So you’re telling me Elon Musk is selling over priced POS vehicles in the US in order to finance his nationalistic dreams of segregation!?