Ukraine discovers Starlink on downed Russian Shahed drone: Report
Iranian-designed Shahed-136 and the smaller versions of the attack drones have been a key tool in Moscow's arsenal.
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Ukraine Discovers Starlink on Downed Russian Shahed Drone
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We all know which side Musk is rooting for.
Musk identifies more closely with Putin. Not shocked.
It’s almost as if Russians know how to smuggle goods and our resident board leftists are either comically gullible or offensively stupid. Maybe some of both.
Starlink has to be activated, and gets the GPS coordinates of where it is activated.
Drones taking off from Russian territory could easily have Starlink automatically shut off, because their GPS coordinates are broadcast directly to the satellites. But Musk won't do that.
Wonder why....???
Are you retarded?
Ukraine publicly criticizes SpaceX because their drones won’t work in shifting front lines because they are actively denying service areas to the Russian forces.
In response, SpaceX expands the service area for Ukraine operations and communications to work further into and across front lines.
Russians take advantage of the service area expansion and terrotorial gains which used to be Ukraine territory to launch attacks.
A bunch of ignoramuses make a bunch of assumptions, post their idiocy on message boards, hilarity ensues.
**** off Joe.
Best case scenario he’s allowing activation of units in occupied territory by the Russian government.
They know exactly where you’re activating the unit and how you’re paying for the service.
Consider for a moment that Ukraine has requested service areas where they are launching attacks on Russian occupied territory.
These lines shift daily.
Is SpaceX expected to monitor shifting front lines and Ukraine incursions into Russian occupied areas on an hourly basis?
Or are our resident Elon haters simply retarded?
I have $10 on the latter.
You do understand that they can be bought in European countries, registered there, then turned on roaming service, to be later misused by bad actors, right?
Why are there so many ignorant ****s commenting on active war zones and military matters while being totally incurious?
Do you nutjobs seriously think that if SpaceX was TRULY intentionally aiding the Russians in any way, that the BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, and the US Military wouldn’t comment on it???!!!!
Why are they all completely silent????
Why does HBOT know better than our military intelligence service?????
Stop the presses!
And, so, it's pretty goddamn weird that Russian drones, which are launched from well inside Russian borders, get Starlink connections that DO work.
Are you ****ing retarded?
And when they're activated 50 miles inside Russian territory or inside Ukrainian occupied territory AND THEY START FLYING TOWARD UKRAINE it is ****ing child's play to have Starlink programmed to shut them down instantly.
Yep.
If he wanted to stop it, he'd stop it in an instant.
But the Russians pay nicely, and he's a profiteer.
You don’t know where they are being activated, you don’t know where they are being launched from, and you don’t know the service areas.
Shut the hell up you lying shitforbrains.
No he's just a pitiful shill for corrupt Billionaires. What a sad sad dope.
Will one of the resident conspiracy theorists please explain to me why the Biden Administration is publicly silent on SpaceX explicitly aiding Russian war efforts as alleged by morons on this site?
Please someone explain the White House’s silence on this matter.
Please someone explain the White House’s silence on this matter.
@ericram why angry?
You know these idiots are lying correct?
Ukraine explicitly requests service areas on the front lines where their forces are operating and incidentally where Russians are operating. Otherwise they could never advance into Russian occupied areas and retain service.
Service areas aren’t like drawing lines on a map. The fronts are constantly shifting. When Russians take Ukrainian positions, they are now in Ukrainian service areas. It’s a complex fluid military situation and retards like Joe are trying to win internet points by lying about it.
****ing despicable.
You know these idiots are lying correct?
Ukraine explicitly requests service areas on the front lines where their forces are operating and incidentally where Russians are operating. Otherwise they could never advance into Russian occupied areas and retain service.
Service areas aren’t like drawing lines on a map. The fronts are constantly shifting. When Russians take Ukrainian positions, they are now in Ukrainian service areas. It’s a complex fluid military situation and retards like Joe are trying to win internet points by lying about it.
****ing despicable.
Yeysk airport is nowhere close to "the front lines" Cletus.
Maybe because that would also disable Ukraines drones. Starlink knows where it is, it doesn’t track where it took off from.
Musk is the main reason Ukraine didn’t go under early in the war. He did that by providing free starlink to Ukraine military with free service. But you communists conveniently forget that. I have worked on numerous gps systems @Joes Place so tell me how it works from your moms basement.
Why don’t Zelenskyy, the top Ukrainian General, nor the Ukrainian Technology Minister call out SpaceX for explicitly and intentionally aiding the Russians?
Nothing said by any of them. Why?
Nothing said by any of them. Why?
Star link will not work over Russian territory. It is also is shutoff over most of Russian occupied Ukraine.
Russian can still install it, purchased through a third country, on a drone, launch it from Russia, then turn it on once it reaches Ukrainian airspace.
Navigation to that point can just be an off the shelf gps.
Earlier in the war Ukraine was upset that star link was turned off over crimea.
Well you can’t have it both ways.
Starlink has experienced bandwidth issues since the Ukraine theater is saturated with star link terminals. The Ukrainian government runs on them.
Just a bunch of uneducated communists with their panties in a wad spewing hate towards the person that is responsible for Ukraines survival.
Russian can still install it, purchased through a third country, on a drone, launch it from Russia, then turn it on once it reaches Ukrainian airspace.
Navigation to that point can just be an off the shelf gps.
Earlier in the war Ukraine was upset that star link was turned off over crimea.
Well you can’t have it both ways.
Starlink has experienced bandwidth issues since the Ukraine theater is saturated with star link terminals. The Ukrainian government runs on them.
Just a bunch of uneducated communists with their panties in a wad spewing hate towards the person that is responsible for Ukraines survival.
Morally, this is not too far from being that guy who sold fake tank decoys to Saddam.
I wonder what kompromat Putin has on Musk.
I wonder what kompromat Putin has on Musk.
Not one of these individuals have ever accused SpaceX of aiding the Russian military.
President of Ukraine Volodymur Zelenskyy
Vice Prime Minister of Innovations, Development of Education, Science & Technologies Mykhailo Fedorov
Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Oleksii Reznikov, former Minister of Defense of Ukraine
Current Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umierov
Anyone in the US Military
POTUS Joe Biden
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.
No one from the CIA, nor FBI, nor DHS, nor FAA.
No one.
Zero credible sources.
President of Ukraine Volodymur Zelenskyy
Vice Prime Minister of Innovations, Development of Education, Science & Technologies Mykhailo Fedorov
Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Oleksii Reznikov, former Minister of Defense of Ukraine
Current Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umierov
Anyone in the US Military
POTUS Joe Biden
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.
No one from the CIA, nor FBI, nor DHS, nor FAA.
No one.
Zero credible sources.
Maybe they don't want to be cut off, and have the Russians be the only ones to benefit...
They need to know when it hits Ukrainian airspace, Cletus.
Which they use Starlink & GPS to make work.
And, as noted, Starlink could auto-disconnect on things tracking TOWARD Ukrainian cities, vs AWAY from them. Within milliseconds.
#It'sNotHardToMitigateThisHere
You do understand how retarded this assertion is correct?
SpaceX intentionally aiding Russian forces commit genocide on the Ukrainian people would be considered war crimes. The US individuals within SpaceX willfully participating would be arrested and sent to prison for life.
SpaceX does everything they can to deny service to the Russian military. Guaranteed.
The DOD knows exactly what SpaceX is and isn’t doing and precisely how the Russian are abusing the units.
You are ****ing retarded.
It’s obvious @Joes Place knows nothing. Stick to sucking big pharmaceuticals cock joe
