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U.S. lawmakers are calling on Elon Musk to make SpaceX’s Starshield military-specific satellite communications network available to American defense forces in Taiwan after years of refusing to do b... (www.forbes.com)
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U.S. lawmakers are calling on Elon Musk to make SpaceX’s Starshield military-specific satellite communications network available to American defense forces in Taiwan after years of refusing to do b...::Musk was told that withholding Starlink satellite internet service in Taiwan could put SpaceX in breach of its “contractual obligations with the U.S. government.”

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[–] BugKilla@lemmy.world 66 points 9 months ago (5 children)

In what fucking universe is putting secure military communications under the control of a private entity a good idea?

[–] Gandarf@startrek.website 4 points 9 months ago

An age old practice. War is most profitable for private organizations.

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