Any economy proposing widescale deployment of starlink over capital investment in terrestrial communications take note.
People should find ways to fund diverse LEO orbit providers. There are lots of non colliding orbital planes, Musk, and US strategic relationships do not own space.
I'm pretty sure this will accelerate European planning in this space (-sorry) anyway.
It seems this will be a way for Ukraine to pay for its defense, since Europe is not willing to cover the cost and the US is no longer willing to do it either.
It also puts countries that live under the US umbrella in a position to start thinking about their own security.
For Ukraine this seems like a win, allowing them to defend themselves at the cost of things underground that they haven't cared to touch, all while receiving protection from the US.
Any economy proposing widescale deployment of starlink over capital investment in terrestrial communications take note.
People should find ways to fund diverse LEO orbit providers. There are lots of non colliding orbital planes, Musk, and US strategic relationships do not own space.
I'm pretty sure this will accelerate European planning in this space (-sorry) anyway.
How is this not extortion on a grand scale? What next, chopping off the hands of miners if quotas aren't met à la King Leopold II?
It seems this will be a way for Ukraine to pay for its defense, since Europe is not willing to cover the cost and the US is no longer willing to do it either. It also puts countries that live under the US umbrella in a position to start thinking about their own security. For Ukraine this seems like a win, allowing them to defend themselves at the cost of things underground that they haven't cared to touch, all while receiving protection from the US.
Sounds like Mafia‘s protection deals.
Looks like Trump is treating the government expenditure like a business and wants a ROI.
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Trump just fired the chair of the joint chiefs of staff fyi.
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