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China military must be able to destroy Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites

9 points by mactitan 4y ago

gpt5 4y ago
The main point of the article seems to be that Starlink can be used for military based communication, and that the system has too many satellites plus built in redundancy to cost-effectively destroy with the traditional method (a rocket).
- verdverm 4y ago
  Starlink is used by the US Military (Aug) https://www.businessinsider.com/us-air-force-contracts-with-starlink-as-it-helps-ukraine-2022-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/us-air-force-contracts-with-... (Feb) https://www.army.mil/article/254316/army_tests_commercial_satellite_internet_in_pilot_program https://www.army.mil/article/254316/army_tests_commercial_sa... (2020) https://spacenews.com/u-s-army-signs-deal-with-spacex-to-assess-starlink-broadband/ https://spacenews.com/u-s-army-signs-deal-with-spacex-to-ass...
  - Kukumber 4y ago
    You can include in ukraine too, giving the US a hand at distance: https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-is-using-elon-musks-starlink-for-drone-strikes/a-61270528 https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-is-using-elon-musks-starlink-f... Used for spying and planning, and finding targets
clouddrover 4y ago
China won't need to destroy them. Musk is fully subscribed to China's authoritarian vision. He is invested in it. It suits him. Musk says Americans are complacent and entitled, especially Californians and New Yorkers. In contrast, Musk says China rocks: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-china-rocks-us-full-of-entitlement.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-china-ro... Musk implausibly called America's covid measures "fascist": https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21242102/elon-musk-coronavirus-fascist-shelter-in-place-tesla-covid-19-safety-science https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21242102/elon-musk-corona... And yet he had Tesla praise China's covid measures and say that Tesla "always strived to fulfil its epidemic prevention responsibilities and that it believed Shanghai's COVID-19 measures helped lay the foundation for the city's future development": https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-suspends-production-shanghai-factory-4-days-comply-with-covid-curbs-2022-03-28/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-... China profits Musk too much for him to oppose it. China will say "jump" and Musk will ask, "How high?"
tuatoru 4y ago
It'd be nice if I could read about the reasons why, but it's behind a paywall.

9 points by mactitan 4y ago

gpt5 4y ago

The main point of the article seems to be that Starlink can be used for military based communication, and that the system has too many satellites plus built in redundancy to cost-effectively destroy with the traditional method (a rocket).

verdverm 4y ago
Starlink is used by the US Military (Aug) https://www.businessinsider.com/us-air-force-contracts-with-starlink-as-it-helps-ukraine-2022-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/us-air-force-contracts-with-... (Feb) https://www.army.mil/article/254316/army_tests_commercial_satellite_internet_in_pilot_program https://www.army.mil/article/254316/army_tests_commercial_sa... (2020) https://spacenews.com/u-s-army-signs-deal-with-spacex-to-assess-starlink-broadband/ https://spacenews.com/u-s-army-signs-deal-with-spacex-to-ass...
- Kukumber 4y ago
  You can include in ukraine too, giving the US a hand at distance: https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-is-using-elon-musks-starlink-for-drone-strikes/a-61270528 https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-is-using-elon-musks-starlink-f... Used for spying and planning, and finding targets

clouddrover 4y ago

China won't need to destroy them. Musk is fully subscribed to China's authoritarian vision. He is invested in it. It suits him. Musk says Americans are complacent and entitled, especially Californians and New Yorkers. In contrast, Musk says China rocks: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-china-rocks-us-full-of-entitlement.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/31/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-china-ro... Musk implausibly called America's covid measures "fascist": https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21242102/elon-musk-coronavirus-fascist-shelter-in-place-tesla-covid-19-safety-science https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/29/21242102/elon-musk-corona... And yet he had Tesla praise China's covid measures and say that Tesla "always strived to fulfil its epidemic prevention responsibilities and that it believed Shanghai's COVID-19 measures helped lay the foundation for the city's future development": https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-suspends-production-shanghai-factory-4-days-comply-with-covid-curbs-2022-03-28/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-... China profits Musk too much for him to oppose it. China will say "jump" and Musk will ask, "How high?"

tuatoru 4y ago

It'd be nice if I could read about the reasons why, but it's behind a paywall.