Reuters: SpaceX curbed Ukraine's use of Starlink internet for drones -company president
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's military from using the company's Starlink satellite internet service for controlling drones in the region during the country's war with Russia, SpaceX's president said Wednesday.
SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, which has provided Ukraine's military with broadband communications in its defense against Russia's military, was "never never meant to be weaponized," Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, said during a conference in Washington, D.C.
"However, Ukrainians have leveraged it in ways that were unintentional and not part of any agreement," she said.
Speaking later with reporters, Shotwell referred to reports that the Ukrainian military had used the Starlink service to control drones.
Ukraine has made effective use of unmanned aircraft for spotting enemy positions, targeting long-range fires and dropping bombs.
"There are things that we can do to limit their ability to do that," she said, referring to Starlink's use with drones. "There are things that we can do, and have done."
Shotwell declined to say what measures SpaceX had taken.
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SpaceX Limits Ukraine's Military Use of Starlink Satellite Business -- WSJ
SpaceX’s Shotwell says Ukraine ‘weaponized’ Starlink network -- C5ISRNet
SpaceX didn’t intend that Starlink be ‘weaponized’ by Ukraine: Shotwell -- Breaking Defense
Finally, someone puts a stop to Herr Zelenskys constant demands for more with no accountability. He'd be a socialist democrat if Z moved here.
ReplyDeleteWhich he may well do when Ukraine is steamrolled by Putins hordes over the next few months.
This blog certainly attracts a lot of Russian trolls and commies like the one above. The editor must be doing some conscription of his own!
ReplyDeleteIm in the southern hemisphere, never been to Russia lol Z is an idiot
DeleteYou can be a commie regardless. Ideology isn't geographical. Idiot.
DeleteI agree with 5:15 PM.
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ReplyDeleteYeah, cuz anyone who disagrees with your narrative is a Russian troll. Well we know that you are a dem troll for sure
DeleteJust for the drones Ukraine can still use starlink for coms.
ReplyDeleteSure 6:53 lives in the southern hemisphere and Hitler was Polish
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