![]() Just be glad he didn’t donate 20,000 Teslas to the Ukrainian government and offer to have the boring company dig a 1.5-mile-long loop under Kiev.Īnd woe, how could boy wonder, Ultraman-child tech genius possibly foresee the country involved in a fucking war for national survival would misuse his precious Starlink gift not to facilitate fucking and doing homework but to enable military communications. He’s a man of philanthropy who saw the largest war in Europe in the past 77 years happening and his natural response wasn’t “I should donate to humanitarian charities with my bottomless pit of money”, it was “I should use this human tragedy to showcase my product line”. Re: Musk-wouldn’t what he is attempting with Starlink be described as war profiteering? military and other agencies, allowing the government to determine how they could and should be used in Ukraine and elsewhere. SpaceX licensed Starshield satellites and services to the U.S. In addition, Starlink launched a companion service called Starshield, which was specifically designed for military use. More than 100,000 new satellite dishes were sent to Ukraine at the beginning of 2023. In the end, with Shotwell’s help, SpaceX made arrangements with various government agencies to pay for increased Starlink service in Ukraine, with the military and CIA working out the terms of service. It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes.” “Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. “How am I in this war?” he asked me during a late-night phone conversation. Although nuclear threats may amount to sabre-rattling, the risk is non-zero.Īfter his exchange with Fedorov, Musk felt frustrated. If Musk was not in the defence game, than military uses would certainly have to involve the federal government, and Musk was not necessarily wrong to question things. The Post article (see below) doesn’t deny Musk got a contract, but that this was not for the original humanitarian services provided but for requested military uses.
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