Wilshire@lemm.ee to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · edit-21 year agoMusk Secretly Used Starlink to Foil Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russian Shipswww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up1994arrow-down127file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1967arrow-down1external-linkMusk Secretly Used Starlink to Foil Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russian Shipswww.thedailybeast.comWilshire@lemm.ee to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · edit-21 year agomessage-square176fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
Original source: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html
minus-squarecollegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year ago“How am I in this war?” Musk asked 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.”
minus-squareSergeantScar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 year agoAlmost certain he took DoD money for testing starlink with fighter jets shortly after he turned starlink on… so he’s being a little disingenuous… Edit: search Global Lightning program…
“How am I in this war?” Musk asked 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.”
Almost certain he took DoD money for testing starlink with fighter jets shortly after he turned starlink on… so he’s being a little disingenuous…
Edit: search Global Lightning program…