• NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip
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    12 hours ago

    So you’re just dismissing the Reuters article I sent you? The DoD didn’t know Musk had cut off Ukrainian access to Starlink (there was no Starshield at that time):

    Whatever the reason for Musk’s decision, the shutoff over Kherson and other regions surprised some involved with the Ukraine war – from troops on the ground to U.S. military and foreign policy officials, who after Russia’s full-scale invasion that February had worked to secure Starlink service for Ukrainian forces. Panicked calls by Ukrainian officials during the outage to seek information from Pentagon counterparts, five people familiar with the incident said, were met with few explanations for what could have caused it.

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      12 hours ago

      I wasn’t talking about Kherson, I was talking about naval drones headed for Crimea.

      I haven’t dug into this one. There may or may not be a reasonable explanation beyond the stated anxiety over nuclear escalation.