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'Elon Musk's Starlink satellites are helping Ukraine's elite drone unit destroy Russian tanks and trucks in the night: report
2022-03-21
[Business Insider] Elon Musk's Starlink satellite system is helping an elite Ukrainian drone unit destroy Russian weaponry, according to The Times of London.

The Aerorozvidka specialist air reconnaissance unit operates drones modified with thermal cameras to see Russian military vehicles like tanks and command trucks at night, The Times of London reported on Friday. The drones have been modified to drop anti-tank grenades on targets, per the newspaper.

"If we use a drone with thermal vision at night, the drone must connect through Starlink to the artillery guy and create target acquisition," an Aerorozvidka leader told The Times of London.

The Starlink internet system ensures drone teams can work even if there are internet or power outages — which are rife in war-torn Ukraine.

Posted by:Besoeker

#6  You think this country and NATO are not providing intel to the Ukrainians? The Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your team.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-03-21 18:55  

#5  When it's weaponized.
Posted by: Jatle Sinatra9653   2022-03-21 18:06  

#4  I suspect that the DoD has access to lots of commercial satellites, probably because nobody puts up a satellite from a US launch site without US gummint approval. I'd imagine there are all sorts of layers and mechanisms of deniability baked into the arrangements.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-03-21 18:01  

#3  How does commercial communication service equal US involvement?
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-03-21 17:48  

#2  So the Starlink becomes a military satellite. And America is involved in the war. Maybe not enough to warrant a nuclear exchange but enough to fuel a new vicious cold war with an old enemy.
Posted by: Cthulhu of Ryleh   2022-03-21 12:05  

#1  Old foto of Oom Paul (Uncle Paul Kruger). Something of a likeness to Musk. Sadly, a champion of what appears to be yet another lost cause.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-03-21 11:56  

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