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#SpaceX: Sudden confusion about the so-called weaponizing of Starlink. Patrick Tucker, DefenseOne.com

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🗓️ 17 February 2023

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#SpaceX: Sudden confusion about the so-called weaponizing of Starlink. Patrick Tucker, DefenseOne.com
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/02/spacex-now-says-they-dont-want-starlink-be-weaponized-ukraine/382797/

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This is CBSI and the world. I'm John Batty with Patrick Tucker, the technology editor

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of Defense One. Star Lake, you will recall early in the Ukraine conflict. Elon Musk, a very

0:47.8

prominent inventor, engineer, scientist. A man who speaks his mind routinely. He is said

0:54.8

to be one of the richest men in the solar system. If not the did contribute Starlink systems

1:01.8

in the hundreds or thousands, I forget what the reporting is to Ukraine to maintain communications

1:07.5

in the early days when the communication system of any country would be overwhelmed with

1:12.5

an attack. Starlink works very effectively. I'm speaking to you on it right now. Starlink

1:18.8

is in the house, but by a wire, it's connected to a dish on the roof and that dish connects

1:26.4

to the satellite swimming overhead. It's that simple. And Starlink worked very well for

1:31.7

Ukraine, except the question Patrick is, has Mr. Musk decided that Starlink is not appropriate

1:40.8

for battlefield and you asked the ironical question? Does that mean his technology is

1:46.2

not appropriate for the DOD? Right. So on February 9th, SpaceX, President

1:56.8

Gwynne Schauwell was speaking at an event in Washington, DC, and was asked about how Ukrainian

2:03.1

military units were using Starlink. Importantly, there's a lot of Ukrainian civilians that

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