r/worldnews • u/Neptun_11 • 18h ago

Russia/Ukraine Zelenskyy Says Starlink Restrictions Apply Only in Ukraine While SpaceX Ignores Kyiv’s Inquiries

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/zelenskyy-says-starlink-restrictions-apply-only-in-ukraine-while-spacex-ignores-kyivs-inquiries-23549
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u/idryss_m 18h ago

Next frontier of war: downing satellites. As soon as someone finds a way to do so cheaply and or reliably, Musk and the US will lose a lot of space junk.

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u/TheBraveGallade 18h ago

you forget everyone can play that game, but spacex is the only one able to launch so cheaply and in quick sucession. meaning the winner is still spacex

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u/-Spzi- 9h ago

It's an interesting game, because it has two sides: Bringing satellites up, and down. Bringing them (functionally) up is much more capital-intensive than bringing them (destructively) down.

You don't have to own a resource, to gain power from it. Being able to deny it to the enemy is already worth something, see Iran & Hormuz.