• jackmarxist [any]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    He just doesn’t want his satellites to be shot out of their orbits because that’s exactly what many countries will do once Starlink gets used for large military operations.

    • Raphaël A. Costeau@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      It was along these lines that I was thinking. All Xitter’s nonsense made it surprising to see Musk acting rationally even to protect his own companies.

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      1 year ago

      And they would be justified in doing so. Can you imagine a weapon system that can coordinate a massive drone attack anywhere in the world?

    • COMHASH@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      That’s true but that could have provoked a bigger escalation, probably a nuke war and at that time westerners were bloodlust for Russians