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Curious as to the timing given 9 days ago it looks like Russian Navy might be planning to use starlink on their naval drones. Would StarLink eventually be able
by upon_drumhead 2y ago
Curious as to the timing given 9 days ago it looks like Russian Navy might be planning to use starlink on their naval drones. Would StarLink eventually be able to control nation state conflicts by disabling connectivity to the side they don't like? They've previously done this to Ukrainian drones.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/08/new-russian-navy-murena-maritime-drone/ https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/08/new-russian-nav...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/musk-stopped-ukraine-attack-russian-fleet-starlink-rcna104019 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/musk-stopped-ukraine-atta...
- talldayo 2y agoStarlink isn't a reliable primary radio, period. The US ships being equipped with Starlink are doing so alongside their datalink and radio comms, as should any smart implementation. Both Ukraine and Russia are silly to rely on trivially-jammed AESA comms when more resilient military-grade options exist. Either side has access to military satellites for this kinda stuff.
- wongarsu 2y agoThat's probably why the US Navy uses a network agnostic architecture that connects to both Starlink and OneWeb, as well as military LEO satellites. Besides, according to [1] they can so far only use Starlink for unclassified data. Unlike Ukraine and Russia, the US isn't under any real pressure and can take their time to get this right. 1: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/navy/2024/06/navy-project-brings-promise-of-cloud-to-the-middle-of-the-ocean/?readmore=1 https://federalnewsnetwork.com/navy/2024/06/navy-project-bri...
- SanjayMehta 2y agoInteresting speculation based on a render of a square antenna.