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Reminder that an alternative for Starlink is needed, exchange between Musk and the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (i.postimg.cc)

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[-] adm@lemm.ee 295 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

When the war was turning in Ukraine's favor and they were about to push into Russia, he shut it off and crippled their counter offensive. I remember. Fuck Elon and fuck starlink.

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 18 points 14 hours ago

Which is why Starlink needs to be confiscated and managed by NATO. Somebody has to operate it, and it should be an entity who is on the side of Freedom amd Democracy.

[-] starman@programming.dev 6 points 9 hours ago

It's not that easy to confiscate sattelites

[-] Mandrilleren@lemmy.world 17 points 7 hours ago

Sure it is. You just confiscate the infrastructure that operates them here on earth, and order their employees to comply.

I don't think that this would be a good idea, but it is definitely doable.

[-] clutchtwopointzero@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

When it comes to stuff like this, the USA is like a tax heaven: outside of international jurisdiction and never signed any cooperation agreement with foreign powers. The USA is the best place to run shady business right now

[-] takeda@lemm.ee 150 points 21 hours ago

Not push into Russia, but attempting to retake Crimea.

[-] egrets@lemmy.world 33 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

~~They're presumably talking about the Kursk Oblast.~~ Edit: probably not, see responses.

[-] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 19 hours ago

IIRC that was long after that. The initial shutoff of Starlink happened around the explosions targeting the Crimean bridge and them introducing their naval drones.