OSFrog2023 t1_j8aszjr wrote
Reply to comment by simcoder in This week Elon Musk blocked Starlink for "military purposes" in Ukraine. He is clearly a bad faith actor and/or compromised. Europe should build an alternative as soon as possible. This new space race will have huge geopolitical consequences. Deep analysis translated from German: by [deleted]
It's not much of a difference, but it's an important one of emphasize. International pressure combine with us regulations makes it impossible for them to do anything other than what the they did once known. Private war profiteering is close upon us already. Let's not blow the dam apart completely.
simcoder t1_j8athf5 wrote
And, it's tricky because without Starlink early on, no telling what might have happened to poor Ukraine.
But in the final analysis, drone or some other asset, it's the same basic situation. Certainly from a "making yourself a potential military target" POV :(
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