“How am I in this war?” Musk allegedly told Isaacson. “Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes.”
I might buy this naive, peaceful act IF he hadn’t given Ukraine the hardware after the war had already started, and he hadn’t become personally involved in the war.
He didn’t intervene because he was trying to protect us from the consequences. He did it because of his enormous ego.
Does anyone know if/how the Starlink system is currently used in Ukraine?
👉There is evidence of tactical cyber operations supporting closing of kinetic kill-chains. That is cyber ISR contributing to identifying and tracking targets on the battlefield. Starlink remains absolutely key for Ukrainian command and control.
👉The soldier, an ex-French Foreign Legionnaire who now operates as part of a reconnaissance-and-sabotage unit, is just one of Ukraine’s many soldiers for whom the Starlink service is a double-edged sword. Like other soldiers interviewed for this article, Boris asked to be referred by his call sign for security reasons.
On the one hand, Ukrainian soldiers say the device is key to their operations, notably its ability to help coordinate devastating artillery strikes. On the other, they report a variety of ways in which the Russians can locate, jam, and degrade the devices, which were never intended for battlefield use.
Regarding those injured but not the man who sadly died (apparently of a heart attack): this is why they always tell you to keep your seatbelts on at all times while seated.
It’s hard to read this and think that Israel is a peace loving western democracy, as the pro-genocide counter protesters at University campuses claim to be
My turn as sub editor. I think it should have said pro-genocide counter protesters because some people may not be aware that there are/were two groups of protesters on campuses. Also, protester with an e on the end because that’s how I roll.
The US led west, (very much including australia), are such hypocrites over these atrocities. Theres probably more evidence for these than the Russian war crimes in Ukraine. And yet there are no chest beating bellows of morality from the supposedly moral western governments when it comes to Israels likely crimes.
The region only seems to react to power. The rug will have to be pulled eventually for this to stop, do it now, save a few lives.
Or you know, keep going with the Grand Strategy against Iran. Who cares if a few more crimes are committed against Palestinians if the ‘big dogs’ taken out. /s
At the end of the day, even if they take down the Ayatollah, and the revolutionary guard at best it’ll be a pyrrhic win for the west and arab states. Inter-generational scars don’t heal because some leadership group is replaced.
I hate reading this stuff, but cheers u/zero-gravitas for posting. We have to know the good and the wrong things happening, and we are associated with. Whichever side of this particular subject people come down on.
Agree, but until investigations are concluded, a UN body should err on the side of caution in their words. It does no one good for that organisation to be seen as partisan.
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