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Elon's got Putin's back. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world
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[–] 269 points 3 years ago (3 children)

What a disingenuous statement. By not agreeing to do it he is complicit in major acts of war, i.e. whatever attacks the Russians do with their fleet. What a tosser.

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  • [+] -144 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

    Starlink was specifically agreed for civilian use only. It's the Ukraine who tries to breach that agreement, SpaceX simply doesn't want to be accused of exporting weapons

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  • [–] 84 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    That's a bullshit excuse used by Melon's fan boys.

    Whether the technology is restricted by ITAR isn't based whether it was ever used as a weapon, but whether the US government thinks it can be used as a weapon.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    And the US government was left scrambling to get a formal contract in for Ukrainian access after Musk started to publicly spout pro kremlin shit. So there's no way an ITAR argument could fly: the DoD wanted a contract to help ensure starlink availability for fucks sake, especially since Musk proved unreliable and a useful idiot for Putin's wildest assplay desires.

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  • [+] -41 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    DoD wanted a contract to help ensure starlink availability for fucks sake

    Contract for civilian use mind you. Strapping starlinks to kamikaze drones is a whole different story

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago*

    Ah yes, the Department of Defense.

    Famous for overseeing many civilian contracts including Netflix accounts, Comcast accounts and my subscription to Highlights magazine (I like the word searches).

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  • [+] -20 points 3 years ago

    but whether the US government thinks it can be used as a weapon.

    That's even worse because US government can change it's stance on starlink any time - which would be disaster for SpaceX

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  • [–] 43 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Yeah, if a much larger country was invading, shelling apartment buildings, mining the fuck out of farmland and murdering thousands of people, I'd probably breach a ToS.

    Also, that sounds a bit absurd considering he just got the US DoD to pay for Ukraine's starlink service.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Also that larger country is firing missiles from ships in the Black Sea, and many of those missiles do kill civilians.

    Also using those ships to disrupt grain shipments which is causing issues with the food supply world wide.

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